This powerful new film explores the tragic aftermath of a young man s suicide, and its devastating impact on his entire family. Tom was eighteen when he killed himself, leaving his mother, father, sister and brother to deal with the anguish of his death. Their strength and resilience offer hope that, although we cannot always prevent such a tragedy, we can make effective choices about how to cope as a survivor. This impassioned new documentary looks at depression and mental illness as a societal problem, rather than merely individual pathology. It challenges both psychiatric orthodoxy and the pharmaceutical industry, and demands that we focus, as well, on underlying social conditions.
Physicians add information about causes and treatments.