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One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit(2024)

Name: One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-06-25
Rating: 3.5

June 25, 20241 Season · 2 Episodes

Ended

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Overview

One South is an inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, NY, specializing in treating young adults. It may look more like a college dorm than a psychiatric hospital, but patients arrive every day in acute crisis. They are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and psychosis, and many have contemplated or attempted suicide. A team of doctors, social workers, and nurses work together to stabilize the patients and prepare them to return to the outside world

“Every patient has a story.”

Network HBO

Seasons

Miniseries

2 Episodes

2024

E01

Part One

6/25/2024·77m

Young adults in crisis arrive at One South and the doctors and staff rush to evaluate, stabilize, and support them, with the goal of readying them to leave the unit with a practical out-patient treatment plan. The patients have several group therapy sessions and meet one-on-one with doctors daily. While away from the patients, the staff also meet to support each other.

E02

Part Two

6/26/2024·86m

As treatment progresses, patients form connections with each other and learn coping skills such as distress tolerance and radical acceptance as they gain insight into their own behavior. The staff counsels the patients about what to watch for as they try to reassimilate to life outside. As several patients successfully leave the unit, new patients continue to arrive.