Summary

Description	The host is a man with mental illness, leading viewers through the history of the care of the mentally ill in the United States. The first section is a play about the work of Dorothea Lynde Dix, an advocate for better treatment of the mentally ill, staged by patients from St. Elizabeths Hospital. The second section describes the crowded conditions of the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton, where there is one nurse per 118 patients and one psychiatrist per 600 patients. The final section shows a woman who hears voices at her hospital admission, and is shown again at her release after being treated with newly developed drugs. Dr. Herman Denber speaks about two new drugs to treat mental illness, and Dr. Winfred Overholser talks about the future of caring for the mentally ill. Received: July 1, 2004; gift; from Joy Holland, Chief Executive Officer, DMH/St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Source	collections.nlm.nih.gov
Author	Smith, Kline & French Laboratories. Medical Television Unit., American Medical Association.

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