Out of the shadow (2006) rc 514. o98 filmed over 5 years, out of the shadow chronicles the filmmaker's mother, millie, who suffers from schizophrenia. the film illustrates the painful complexities of severe mental illness and the inadequate public health system set up to deal with it. learning objectives: 1. what psychological disorder does millie suffer from? 2. how does millie's illness impact her life? 3. what are some of the characteristics of millie's illness? 4. how does her family remember her illness?

a. ex-husband alan?

b. daughter tina? 5. how does her family deal with her illness?

a. alan (her husband)

b. tina (her daughter)

c. susan (her daughter) 6. eventually millie hits rock bottom. what causes this?

a. what does her family do to get her treatment?

b. where does she go to live after leaving the hospital? 7. why is our public health system unable to deal with millie's illness?

1. what psychological disorder does millie suffer from? Paranoid Schizophrenia

2. How does Millie's illness impact her life? a. Because she suffer from schizophrenia, she's unable to function on her own.

3. what are some of the characteristics of millie's illness?

Hearing voices and she is unable to separate real and unreal.

4. How does her family remember her illness?

b. daughter Tina? Extreme delusions, and beatings

5. how does her family deal with her illness?

a. alan (her husband)

He left

b. tina (her daughter) Tried to commit sui cide

Tina tricked Millie into signing consent forms that would allow doctors to administer the

c. susan (her daughter)

6. eventually millie hits rock bottom. what causes this? She became increasingly agitated which leads her to stopped taking her medication and continued to refuse treatment

7. why is our public health system unable to deal with millie's illness? Due to lack and shortage of resources and solutions.