Free Mental Health Documentaries

Watch this BBC documentary from Northern Ireland examining the illness of depression and the latest developments in treating the disease.

There are approximately 5.7 million people in the United States with bipolar disorder.

This feature documentary explores the daily lives of individuals living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a misunderstood anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts, nagging fears and ritualistic behaviour.

This program provides a view of the world of insanity that few ever see, following four psychiatric patients for one to two years, from the time they arrive at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital, and contextualizing their present-day treatments with rare archival footage demonstrating how their conditions were treated in the past.

This film tracks the evolution of mental health treatment through the stories of patients and professionals across the Great Lakes. Over their lifetimes, they have watched America's mentality about psychiatric illness change and treatment options greatly improve.

Hear firsthand from individuals struggling with opioid addiction and follow the cutting-edge work of doctors and scientists as they investigate why addiction is not a moral failing, but a chronic, treatable medical condition.

Afraid Of People is a one-hour documentary narrated by Donny Osmond that follows the lives of several extraordinary people who have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.

This documentary looks at how children deal with a parent committing suicide. Meet 3 people who lost their fathers to suicide at an early age but learned the truth much later, after years of confusion, grief and guilt. In French with English subtitles.