Three Christs: Three Christs tells the story of an extraordinary experiment that began in nineteen fifty-nine at Michigan's Ypsilanti State Hospital, where Dr. Alan Stone treated
three paranoid schizophrenic patients who each believe they are Jesus Christ. Dr. Stone pioneers a simple, yet revolutionary treatment: instead of submitting the patients to
electroshock, forced restraints and tranquilizers, he puts them in a room together to confront their delusions. What transpires is a darkly comic, intensely dramatic story about
the nature of identity and the power of empathy.
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