Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

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2010-09-28

Psychiatrist Dr. Dean Brooks, who appears in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and others discuss how jails and prisons have become our new asylums and how community care, especially inadequately funded community care, is failing to help people. They also discuss the need for what his granddaughter, Dr. Ulista Brooks, describes as “true asylums” — the construction of new modern mental hospitals, and other important issues regarding care for the mentally ill.

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Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

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Psychiatrist Dr. Dean Brooks, who appears in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and others discuss how jails and prisons have become our new asylums and how community care, especially inadequately funded community care, is failing to help people. They also discuss the need for what his granddaughter, Dr. Ulista Brooks, describes as “true asylums” — the construction of new modern mental hospitals, and other important issues regarding care for the mentally ill.

Released

2010-09-28

Runtime

31

Director

Charles Kiselyak

Budget

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Revenue

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Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Lagniappe Films

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    Dr. Ulista Hoover

    Dr. Ulista Hoover
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    Dr. Ulista Brooks

    Dr. Ulista Brooks
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    Dr. Arthur E. Tolan

    Dr. Arthur E. Tolan
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    Michael Douglas

    Michael Douglas
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    Hazel Patton

    Hazel Patton
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    Linda Hammond

    Linda Hammond
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    Rex Gorger

    Rex Gorger
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    Dean R. Brooks

    Dean R. Brooks