Don't Call Me Crazy (Documentary, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2013-06-24
Ended: 2013-07-08
Network: BBC Three
Country: GB
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
More than half a million young people across the UK are being treated for some kind of mental illness, and over 3,500 teenagers passed through inpatient units like this last year. This series offers a chance for young patients to tell us what it's really like to live with mental health issues - through the good times and the bad - and dispel the myths, preconceptions and taboos of mental illness. While some of the young patients agree to stay voluntarily undergoing treatment here, others have been detained against their wishes, sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Filmed over the course of a year and with unparalleled access, this series follows teenage girls and boys at the unit as they battle to turn their lives around.