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Contributor(s):
Matthews, Robert A. (Robert Archibald), 1903-1961
United States. Public Health Service.
Louisiana Association for Mental Health.
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
George C. Stoney Associates.
Publication:
[Baton Rouge, LA] : Louisiana Association for Mental Health, [1959]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Crisis Intervention -- methods
Police
Mental Disorders
Genre(s):
Instructional Film and Video
Abstract:
This training film, produced by the Louisiana Association for Mental Health and the New Orleans Police Department, portrays policemen in various situations dealing with people who are in crisis. The majority of them are non-violent, such as elderly people with dementia, the mentally challenged, and people attempting or contemplating suicide. Because suicidal people tend to make repeated attempts, they are detained for their own safety and carefully monitored. A domestic disturbance involving a violent and threatening husband takes place, and the police must safely subdue the man and take him into custody. Special effort is taken to keep the man comfortable and reassured until he can receive proper medical care. Another situation is shown in which the officer approaches a violent man without adequate assistance.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
032 min.
Color:
Black and white
Cast:
Narrated by James Daly.
Credits:
Planned by Loyd W. Rowland ; written and directed by George C. Stoney ; photographed by Robert Ziller ; edited by Sylvia Cummins Betts ; sound by Walter James, Jr., Albert Kraus ; production assistant, Katherine Stoney ; camera assistant, Peter R. Norman ; chief electrician, Alton D. Reed ; principal psychiatric advisor, Robert A. Matthews ; principal police advisor, William P. Brown ; representing the National Institute of Mental Health, Harold M. Hildreth.
Provenance:
Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the National Medical Audiovisual Center.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
9717200 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
38150589
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9717200