Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in the America

ASYLUM: A HISTORY OF THE MENTAL INSTITUTION IN AMERICA

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DVD • AHMD414W

Price $149.95

Program Contents: 60 minutes.

Captioning: None

Copyright Date: 1989

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This classic, award-winning program brings to light the complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC. It also debates whether de-institutionalization has proven to be an overall failure, leaving more patients homeless than are mainstreamed into society, and if the time has come to reintroduce the asylum as a place of therapy and benign confinement.

Rare archival footage, interviews with former patients, and insights from mental health historians David Rothman, of Columbia University, and Gerald Grob, of Rutgers University, make this a documentary not to be missed.

AWARDS:

•	Special Jury Prize, Valladolid Film Festival, Spain
•	Rosebud, Best of Show
•	Nominated for a national Emmy
•	CINE Golden Eagle
•	Best Social Sciences Documentary, Birmingham International Educational Film Festival
•	Highest Honors from the American Association of University Women

WHAT PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING?
•	"Asylum provides an excellent historical presentation on the development of mental health care in the U.S." - Dr. Lewis Judd, director, National Institute of Mental Health
•	"A powerful, visually stunning film. Portrays a complex subject in a moving and human fashion." - Charles Ray, director, National Council of Community Mental Health Centers