Cassell Hospital, The

Synopsis

This Cassel Hospital offers psychiatric treatment within the National Health Service but it is unique in rejecting the medical model. No one at the Cassell receives any physical treatment, no drugs or ECT; instead there is a therapeutic community which seeks to do away with the normal authority structure - everyone takes part in decision-making including budgeting and care of the residents. The film shows therapy sessions and includes interviews with staff and patients. Methods which include having whole families resident are subject to some controversy and would not by themselves be suitable for treating a number of psychiatric conditions. The film, however, contains valuable lessons for all who work with the mentally disordered.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 36 min.

Year of production

1979

Availability

Sale

Uses

Final-year courses in psychology, nursing, social studies and administration; final year studies in post-graduate psychiatry.*

Subjects

Psychiatry

Keywords

mental illness; psychiatric hospitals; therapy

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.