Some believe that after a person has had a serious psychotic episode (first break), their life goes down-hill from there. Two guests, Dr. Demian Rose who specializes in early psychosis and Peggy Rahman, a family member and trainer of families, who know the most recent research and practice, put a more realistic and hopeful spin on this phenomenon. Taped December 17, 2008.

Discussion Questions for First Psychotic Break

Resources for First Psychotic Break

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Notes on music and art:
The composer of the music and the painters of the pictures used in the show lived with serious mental health problems.

Music:
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

Paintings:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Francesco Bassano
Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh

The Erythraean Sibyl (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo