As attitudes to mental health change during a surge in the number of people asking for help or harming themselves, this series joins the frontline care services in Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust opens its doors to TV cameras to reveal what it means to be in crisis.
Going to the heart of front line services as staff struggle to tackle an unprecedented rise in demand.
Outline
A look at the work of Street Triage, a blue-light rapid response team in Nottinghamshire, where the number of attempted suicides is staggering and ward beds are in short supply.
As attitudes to mental health change during a surge in the number of people asking for help or harming themselves, this series joins the frontline care services in Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust opens its doors to TV cameras to reveal what it means to be in crisis.
Going to the heart of front line services as staff struggle to tackle an unprecedented rise in demand.
Outline
Josh is brought to A&E after trying to kill himself.
Is it safe to send the 15-year-old home?
After 11 years and multiple issues, Christopher faces being discharged from the service.
As attitudes to mental health change during a surge in the number of people asking for help or harming themselves, this series joins the frontline care services in Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust opens its doors to TV cameras to reveal what it means to be in crisis.
Going to the heart of front line services as staff struggle to tackle an unprecedented rise in demand.
Outline
A young teen comes to A&E having self-harmed.
A 16-year-old is on the psychiatric ward.
And a 14-year-old’s eating disorder risks permanent harm to her body.
As attitudes to mental health change during a surge in the number of people asking for help or harming themselves, this series joins the frontline care services in Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust opens its doors to TV cameras to reveal what it means to be in crisis.
Going to the heart of front line services as staff struggle to tackle an unprecedented rise in demand.
Outline
Two weeks after becoming a mum, Laura is sectioned having tried to drive into a brick wall.
And is 11-year-old Briena really suicidal, or is the underlying diagnosis more complicated?
International fashion photographer Rankin and artist Alison Lapper explore how the explosion of digital photography, social media and selfie culture has affected people’s sense of identity.
Rankin and Alison challenge four individuals who all hate the camera for a variety of reasons to be photographed up-close to investigate different perceptions of self-worth, image and beauty.
Outline
In this documentary for BBC Four, disabled artist Alison Lapper and internationally renowned photographer Rankin tackle contemporary attitudes to beauty and identity through the medium of photography.
Alison and Rankin will meet four fascinating people who do not conform to traditional notions of beauty, or who hate being photographed, and invite them to step in front of Rankin’s camera. Each person will reveal their incredible life story and their own personal struggle with their sense of identity. Through hearing these stories and capturing them in Rankin’s studio, Alison and Rankin will explore how the explosion of digital media over the past decade, from social media to selfies, has presented new challenges to our self-image.
Each contributor has a different challenge to tackle: from an amputee who for 30 years has never come to terms with his body image, to a woman with alopecia who struggles to leave the house without full make up and a wig on, to the person whose Body Dysmorphic Disorder means they will never allow their photo to be taken.
Alison Lapper, who was born with no arms and shortened legs, knew from a young age that she was happiest without prosthetics. Partly as a result of her work through photographic media she grew to accept her body as it was born, and to feel proud and confident with her own image. Alison’s image is now well-known as a subject of sculpture, painting and photography.
By inviting these four contributors to Rankin’s studio to confront their own image in front of the camera, Alison and Rankin hope that each person will discover a new sense of self. Rankin’s intimate, beautiful and striking portraits have the potential to give each person a sense of pride and self-worth, demonstrating photography’s unique power to positively affect how we feel about ourselves in the digital world.
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