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“... five people who all suffer from what is considered to be a serious mental illness. We meet them and their families, friends and employers and we get an inside look at what it’s like to suffer from a mental illness and also to live with that person.
Brian Sergent, a well known comedian ... Liz Gordon, Alliance MP tells of her experiences as a severe agoraphobic ... Liz’s husband talks about living with Liz and learning to deal with her illness ... David Steven’s now a mental health consumer advocate [who] suffers from what society perceives to be the ‘dangerous’ illness schizophrenia ... Seventeen year old Angie who was first diagnosed with schizophrenia at 12 ... Grace’s story is one of abuse as a child and a violent marriage that ended up with her in a psychotic state at Carrington hospital. (from Ninox notes)