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Rosenhan’s Experiment (2011)

Subject

Psychiatry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £49.00

Can psychiatrists reliably detect insanity? Rosenhan set out to test if they could in his 1973 study. When all of his pseudo patients were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, forced to remain in...

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David Ennals on the condition of Britain’s psychiatric hospitals (1978)

Genre

Interview

David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services, on the condition of Britain’s mental hospitals. He talks about the progress made, how he wants a report on every hospital, the delay in improving...

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Caring for the Mentally Handicapped (1975 Film)

Producer

Gordon Croton

Subject

Psychiatry

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Filmed at two psychiatric hospitals in Northumberland and Dorset. Emphasises modern concepts of rehabilitation including resettling in ‘half-way’ hostels.*

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Dingleton (1971 Film)

Director

Shirley Fisher

Producer

Desmond Wilcox

Subject

Psychiatry; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

About the Dingleton Psychiatric Hospital in Scotland, which has an ‘open door’ policy. Patients have a say in their own and other patients’ treatment. Sensitivity sessions and group therapy are shown.

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Tony Smythe on Normansfield Hospital inquiry (1978)

Genre

Interview

Tony Smythe of MIND on the low standards of British psychiatric hospitals. Smthye calls for the Government to invest more money in the area and for the public to have a greater awareness of the problems. The...

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Rosenhahn’s Experiment

Subject

Psychiatry; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £69.95

A five-part film examining Rosenhan’s ‘being sane in insane places’ study. This psychology DVD covers the context of the study in the 1970s anti-psychiatry movement, how the pseudo patients got...

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Psychiatric hospital report (1977)

Genre

Interview

Eric Moonman MP on Barnet Health Authority refusing to release a report to the public on unnecessary drugging and detention at Friern Psychiatric Hospital. Male interviewer not identified.

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Eric Moonman on Normansfield psychiatric hospital (1978)

Genre

Interview

Labour MP Eric Moonman discusses details of a report outlining poor conditions at Normansfield psychiatric hospital. Moonman says there is a widespread problem with such hospitals in Britain and that the...

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Sidney Shore on psychiatric patient release (1979)

Genre

Interview; News report

Sidney Shore(?), administrator for the Essex Health Authority(?), says psychiatrists were responsible for the release of a psychiatric hospital patient who went on to kill again. Conservative MP for...

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Every Little Thing (2006)

aka: Moindre des Choses, La

Subject

Drama; French studies; Mental Health and Counselling

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £12.99

The protagonists in this film are the patients and staff at the La Borde psychiatric institute in France. Each summer they perform a play on a stage set in the grounds of the chateau. The film charts the...

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