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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti (1964) is a book-length psychiatric case study by Milton Rokeach, concerning his experiment on a group of three males with paranoid schizophrenia at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Nov 6, 2018 · The three Christs were paranoid schizophrenics who each believed they were Jesus and made to live together in Ypsilanti state hospital. Milton Rokeach put the three men together in an effort to break their delusions — it didn't exactly work the way he thought it would.
Three Christs, also known as State of Mind, is a 2017 American drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Jon Avnet and based on Milton Rokeach's nonfiction book The Three Christs of Ypsilanti. It screened in the Gala Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Oct 7, 2022 · As The New York Times recounts in an original 1964 story, Dr. Milton Rokeach treated three patients in the late 1950s, each of whom claimed to be Jesus. Rokeach, a professor of psychology at Michigan State University, wrote about his experiences in his book, "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti."
Apr 19, 2011 · On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic; Joseph Cassel, a failed writer who was institutionalized after increasingly violent behavior toward his family; and Leon Gabor, a college dropout and ...
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Jan 3, 2020 · Three Christs: Directed by Jon Avnet. With Richard Gere, James Monroe Iglehart, Peter Dinklage, Julian Acosta. Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ.
Apr 7, 2022 · On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic; Joseph Cassel, a failed writer who was institutionalized after increasingly violent behavior toward his family; and Leon Gabor, a college dropout and ...
On July 1, 1959, at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics: Clyde Benson, an elderly farmer and alcoholic;...
May 2, 2014 · In 1959, psychiatrist Milton Rokeach brought together three schizophrenic men who believed they were Jesus Christ. He hoped to cure their delusions. Overtime, the process became dangerously...
Did the three Christs at Ypsilanti “know” that they were not “really” Jesus? They did, but were not eager to admit this, either to themselves or to others.
