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"That Way Madness Lies...", is a feature-length documentary film: in many respects a "first-person" account of my brother's battle with late-onset schizophrenia. Thank you for taking the time to learn about the project and consider the number of ways you can assist in this endeavor.
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My 48 year-old brother, Duanne, unwittingly chronicles his descent into madness with his iPhone's capabilities. It's brutal and honest.
You think it can't possibly happen to you or anyone you care about. And, certainly, if fate dealt such a blow, it would be more manageable in the shadows. But the odds are not in your favor. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 or older--or about one in four adults -- suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Even though mental disorders are widespread in the population, the main burden of illness is concentrated in a much smaller portion of about 6 percent, or 1 in 17 who suffer from a serious mental illness. In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada for ages 15-44. (The Kim Foundation)
"That Way Madness Lies"... (a line from "King Lear," Act III, Scene IV) is a feature-length documentary film about my brother's rare late-onset paranoid schizophrenia told, in-part, from his point-of-view with a collection of iPhone video clips he made before being committed to 180 days at the Oregon State Hospital in Portland. His illness has been an unpredictable, hellish journey through a landscape including his friends and family. |
