ONE Life: The Madness in Me
The Madness in Me learns that Tamsin was training to be a teacher when she collapsed three years ago with a fit. After three years in hospital, she’s been referred to the Arbours Crisis Centre. Because no physical cause has ever been found for her fits, the Arbours Crisis Centre want to explore the psychological reasons that might trigger them. The centre was set up 30 years ago as an alternative to psychiatric hospital for those suffering from severe emotional distress. For many, like Tamsin, going to the crisis centre is often a last resort – if they can’t make sense of things at the centre, the only place to go is a locked psychiatric ward. The Madness in Me asks will Tamsin make it through?
“Harrowing but humane.” … The Daily Telegraph
“A sensitive sensitive portrait of mental illness, it was brave, honest and showed everything, the frustration, the anger, the denial and the hope” … The Guardian
“Catey Sexton’s harrowing film documents three months in the life of Tamsin, a 29-year-old who has suffered fits and mental illness for the past three years. Tamsin is currently living with a team of therapists at Arbours Crisis Centre, founded in 1970 as an alternative to psychiatric hospitals where patients are usually locked in. …Radio Times
“A bleak, sombre, but engrossing documentary ostensibly about the Arbours Crisis Centre in Crouch End” …The Evening Standard
