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An interview with journalist and historian Otto Friedrich

BROADCAST: Feb. 27, 1976 | DURATION: 00:53:57

Synopsis

When Otto Friedrich wrote his book, Going Crazy: An Inquiry Into Madness in Our Time, his intention was to find out from those with mental illness what it was like to go crazy. Of the people Friedrich asked, about a third of them were treated with professional help, a third were helped with medications, and the other third preferred to be left alone.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
 

Details

Broadcast Date
Feb. 27, 1976

Duration
53 minutes, 57 seconds

Topics

Healthcare, Medicine, Mental Health Philosophy

Tags

Friedrich, Otto, 1929-1995---Interviews Friedrich, Otto, 1929-1995, Going crazy. Psychiatry--Philosophy. Audiotapes Radio programs Friedrich, Otto, 1929-1995---Interviewee WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 Labotomy Mental illness

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