The Best Mental Health Documentaries

Mind & Psychology - 68 free documentaries about mental health.

Start with MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL (22 min, After Skool), then Mental health and resilience - the secrets of inner strength (52 min, DW Documentary). All 68 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on mental health is The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.

• MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL (22 min, After Skool)
• Mental health and resilience - the secrets of inner strength (52 min, DW Documentary)
• Louis Theroux: The Battle Inside Adult Anorexia Wards (59 min, Real Stories)
• My Schizophrenia Killed My Mother (88 min, Real Stories)
• You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That (12 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Louis Theroux Meets New Mothers Battling Severe Mental Illness After Pregnancy (59 min, Real Stories)
• Britain's Most Dangerous Psychiatric Hospital (44 min, Real Stories)
• Hikikomori In Singapore: What Happens When Teens Shut Out The World? | Shutdown - Part 1/3 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• After the Psychosis: When a Violent Patient Seeks Freedom (99 min, ENDEVR)
• The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 (47 min, Real Stories)
• Loneliness in young people - Ways out of isolation (58 min, DW Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Places to Work: Life On the Psych Ward (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Loneliness (13 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Broadmoor Psych Ward Exposed (46 min, Real Stories)
• 15 Personalities in One Woman (48 min, Real Stories)
• Living with Borderline Personality Disorder | HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY (Episode 4) (23 min, VICE)
• The Experimental Ketamine Cure for Depression (22 min, VICE)
• After 6 Years Of Social Withdrawal: Singaporean Hikikomori’s Step To Recovery | Shutdown - Part 3/3 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Postpartum Psychosis Tragedy: When the Health System Fails Mothers (78 min, ENDEVR)
• How Food Affects Our Mental Health (43 min, ENDEVR)
• Most Dangerous Patients: Life on the Criminal Psych Ward (88 min, Free Documentary)
• Donald’s Battle with Schizophrenia | Six Schizophrenic Brothers (21 min, Discovery)
• How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction - Gabor Maté (9 min, After Skool)
• The Benefit of a Mental Breakdown - Joe Rogan & Duncan Trussell (11 min, After Skool)
• Broken Minds Behind Secure Doors: Inside the Locked Psych Ward (47 min, ENDEVR)
• For The Love Of God: The Man Who Thinks He's Jesus (58 min, Real Stories)
• 12 signs you might be suffering from PTSD (8 min, The School of Life)
• The Kids Are Not Alright: The Mental Health Crisis Affecting Latina Teens (18 min, VICE)
• Carl Jung on Overcoming Anxiety Disorders (12 min, Academy of Ideas)
• BetterHelp: The Dirty Business with your Mental Health (27 min, ENDEVR)
• The Day I Snapped (49 min, Real Stories)
• Carl Jung and The Value of Anxiety Disorders (10 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Mental health and body image - Overcoming eating disorders and depression (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Nadiya Hussain: Anxiety And Me (58 min, Real Stories)
• Suicide And Me: What Drove My Dad To End It All? (57 min, Real Stories)
• Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity? (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
• What Is Climate Anxiety? | Seat At The Table (25 min, Real Stories)
• Exploring Acute Mania: A Bipolar Expedition (56 min, Real Stories)
• How Ideas can Trigger a Mass Psychosis (11 min, Academy of Ideas)
• How an Obsession with SAFETY Leads to Mental Illness & Tyranny - Academy of Ideas (10 min, After Skool)
• What Is The True Cause Of Schizophrenia? (51 min, Real Stories)
• Navigating Modern Adolescence: Social Media & Mental Health (143 min, Real Stories)
• Breaking The Silence (59 min, Real Stories)
• The Modern Teen Suicide Epidemic (86 min, Real Stories)
• Performing Therapy On Yourself: Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization (8 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Women, mental health and equality / HER - Women in Asia (Season 1) (32 min, DW Documentary)
• Is My Kid Crazy? Young, Scared and Dealing with Mental Health (73 min, Real Stories)
• How To Hack Your Stress Response | The Truth About Stress (50 min, Spark)
• The Nocebo Effect - The Mind and Chronic Disease (14 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Freedom and Anxiety - The Inner God vs The Inner Worm (10 min, Academy of Ideas)
• My Son Has Schizophrenia, Now I Help Caregivers Cope With Mental Disorders | Extraordinary People (21 min, CNA Insider)
• The Secret Lives of Cheaters | Me and My... (90 min, Real Stories)
• Conquering My Messy Mind (28 min, Real Stories)
• Alain de Botton on Art as Therapy (45 min, The School of Life)
• Healing From Tsunami Trauma In Malaysia & Thailand | The Waves That Changed Us - Part 3 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Living with Severe OCD | My Extreme Life (86 min, ENDEVR)
• The Struggle of Battling PTSD (57 min, Real Stories)
• How Adversity and Trauma can Make You Stronger (16 min, Academy of Ideas)
• OCD: The War Inside | Retro Doc from 2001 (71 min, ENDEVR)
• Inside The Teen Mental Health Crisis (38 min, Real Stories)
• Can Pills or Therapy Save You? (8 min, The School of Life)
• What Is Psychotherapy – and Why You Should Try It (16 min, The School of Life)
• Loneliness: As Bad For Health As Smoking 15 Cigarettes A Day (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Fog of War: The Trauma Of Friendly Fire (41 min, Real Stories)
• Wearables & Maker Therapy: New Frontiers Of Makerverse | A League Of Extraordinary Makers - Part 4/5 (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Rising Temperatures Harms Mental Health, Increases Risk Of Tick-Borne Disease (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Teens In Thailand Take Charge Of Mental Health With Safe Spaces In Schools | When We Age - Part 3/4 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Shaving for Beginners (22 min, Jordan Halland)

Top-Rated Books About Mental Health

1. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. An Unquiet Mind by Kay R. Jamison - View on Amazon
3. Lost Connections by Johann Hari (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
5. Mental health and mental illness by Patricia D. Barry - View on Amazon
6. Mental health through will-training by Abraham A. Low - View on Amazon
7. Dianetics, the modern science of mental health by L. Ron Hubbard - View on Amazon