Out of Our Minds

Synopsis

Made at the 19th-century Fairfield Hospital in Letchworth, Herts, the video is based on the work of a group of Fairfield patients whose poems and writings offer a first-hand account of the experience of being mentally ill in hospital. Provides an insight into the debate into the closure of Victorian psychiatric hospitals and the rehabilitation of patients by means of ‘community care’.

Series

Mind’s Eye, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

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Documentation

'Six Bullets’, a collection of poems by the Fairfield Writers Group accompanies the tape.

Subjects

Sociology

Keywords

community health services; mental illness; psychiatric hospitals

Credits

Director

Greg Lanning

Producer

Sharon Goulds

Contributor

Roma Barnes

Sponsor

Name

Channel Four Television

Phone

071-396 4444

Address

LONDON
SW1P 2TX

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name

Television History Centre

Phone

020 7405 6627

Fax

020 7242 1426

Address

42 Queen Square
LONDON
WC1N 3AJ