The World’s Oldest Psychiatric Institution | Bedlam Episode 1- 4 | True Lives

Episode 1 Documentary. The world’s oldest psychiatric institution - the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) - opens its doors in a brand new four-part series, challenging the myths, taboos and stigma around mental illness in Britain. Anxiety has become the mental illness of our time. The NHS issues around seven million tranquiliser prescriptions every year. At the Bethlem Royal Psychiatric Hospital in south London, a specialist anxiety unit treats some of the most extreme cases in Britain - the top one per cent. Most suffer with extreme OCD Episode 2 Documentary. The world’s oldest psychiatric institution - the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) - opens its doors in a brand new four-part series, challenging the myths, taboos and stigma around mental illness in Britain. At Lambeth Hospital in south London, the Trust has pioneered the use of short-stay emergency wards for patients in crisis. It’s effectively run like A and E but for those with mental illness. Cameras are granted access for