IntentsandPorpoises, I totally agree when you say 'She will have given permission when she was well for it to be included… Mental Health isn't a "special" secret thing that needs protecting behind closed doors. That's what leads it the problems. We need to see what depression, anxiety, ocd, psychosis etc look like, feel like. Show that these are not shameful.'
I'm going to assume that the Spanish woman gave consent once she was well enough and that she knows/knew what she was doing. I thought it was very courageous and generous of her to allow the footage to be shown, for the reasons you give.
Louis was empathetic throughout IMO. I don't think he was dismissive of her at all. He kept asking her if she was OK, stopping talking and turning to look at her whenever she spoke or moved etc. It was she who would say things like 'I'm going to go' and make a move to leave, and then stop and start talking again.
I thought in general he was very mindful of not talking about the women as if they weren't there –he would start to address a partner or professional and say 'she' and then stop himself, turn to the woman and say their name/bring them into the discussion.
I can't agree with Lucy Mangan either. I didn't find that he 'tried to insist that not just her situation but her experiences were different to how she had described them.'; I thought he was reflecting people's words back to them, slightly differently, in an attempt to help clarify or expand on what he had heard them say. Some of the women said things like 'Yes' or 'That's a good way to describe it,' which suggests that he was quite perceptive and accurate. And I really didn't see any hint of 'aggression, or outrage, or perhaps just panic'; I thought he looked concerned, interested, worried at times, sad at others.