The BBC has recently screened a 2 part program regarding the diagnosis of mental illness.

Somewhat blurring the line between reality television and documentary, an experiment is conducted in which 3 leading mental health experts are asked to identify mental illness in group of 10 volunteers, half of whom have previously been diagnosed with a form of mental illness.

The program perhaps inspired by David Rosenhan's fascinating experiment in 1972 and by Lauren Slater's controversial re-examination in 2004 of the impact Rosenhann's experiment (also fascinating).

part 1

part 2