Community mental health

Community mental health

Contributor(s):
Jacoby, Irving, screenwriter, film producer
Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976, film director
Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Affiliated Film Producers, film producer.
International Film Bureau, production company.
Publication:
[Chicago] : International Film Bureau, [1960]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Community Mental Health Services
Community Participation
Health Services Needs and Demand
Psychosocial Intervention
Mental Disorders
United States
Abstract:
Film opens with gauzy images of a man being viciously beaten on a sidewalk. The assailant, a teen, is shown in a judge's chambers, defiant. His mother hangs her head. A local reporter in the room expresses his support of the teen's sentence. Immediately afterward, a group of women discuss the crime, the teen, and whether anything could have been done to intervene well before such violence took place. With that starting point, the community coalesces around the need to survey mental health needs and provide a continuum of care. Health providers and ordinary concerned citizens cooperate to identify gaps and to establish a health center to treat mental illness and emotional disorders. Shows examples of the kind of preventive services a mental health center might provide. Several state agencies provided support to make the film, including those from New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
030 min.
Color:
Black and white
Sound:
Sound
Provenance:
Gift; Catholic University of America; 20170210 Acc .# 2017-02.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
101773836 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1336885763
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101773836