Crazywise

3.0

Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Self – Seattle, Washington

Self – Adam's Father

Self – Adam's Mother

Self – Adam's High School Friend

Self – Adam's High School Girlfriend

Robert Whitaker

Self – Journalist, Author, 'Anatomy of An Epidemic'

Allen J. Frances

Self – Author; Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Psychiatry, Duke University

Self – Mental Health Counselor, Psychiatric Community Clinic

Thupten Ngodrup

Sandra Ingerman

Self – Therapist, Author, Shamanic Practitioner

Self - Professor Psychiatry & Anthropology, UC Irvine

Gabor Maté

Self – Author; Professor, Simon Fraser Univ., BC, Canada

Self – Therapist & Teacher; Author, Lecturer

Peter Gøtzsche

Self – Medical Researcher; Professor, University of Copenhagen

Daniel J. Siegel

Self – Neuropsychiatrist

Self – Ekhaya's Friend

Self – Ekhaya's Friend

Self – Founder, SoulFood Coffee House

Self – Co-Owner, SoulFood Coffee House

Self – Professor, Buddhist Studies, Colombia University; Author

Self – Buddhist Teacher, Zen Priest, Author, Anthropologist

Self – Author; Professor, Swinburne Univ. of Technology, NZ

Alberto Villoldo

Self – Psychologist, Author, Medical Anthropologist

Self – Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Self – Cultural Anthropologist, Educator, Author

Self – Medical Anthropologist, Author, Filmmaker

Krista MacKinnon

Self – Founder & Director, Families Healing Together

Stanislav Grof

Self – Psychiatrist, Author; Professor of Psychology, CIIS

Laura Delano Duncan

Self – Ex-Patient & Activist; Community Organizer

Self – South African Sangoma

Ethan Montgomery

Self – Ekhaya's Son