Mental Health Film Board professional education series
Contributor(s):
Appel, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ellmaker), 1896-1979
Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming), 1904-1956
Green, William F.
Affiliated Film Producers.
Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
Warm sympathy and human understanding are powerful instruments in helping mental health patients; this is the inherent message of this film. This documentary is focused primarily on the relationship between two people: an elderly man who cannot feed himself and will not respond when approached, and a psychiatric aide (attendant) who refused to be discouraged even though help for the patient seems hopeless. Genuine suspense is achieved as the aide, with infinite patience and honest compassion, wins the confidence of the patient. The team approach of the hospital staff and glimpses of ward life and hospital routine are shown. The importance of the aide in hospital treatment is emphasized. Film shot at Fairfield State Hospital, Newton, Connecticut.
Copyright:
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Copyright Holder:
Mental Health Film Board; Source: Item; Research date: 11/03/2011
Extent:
031 min.
Color:
Black and white
Sound:
Sound
Credits:
K. Appel, L. Baumgartner, C. Binger, J.M. Bobbitt, M.R. Kaufman, R.T. Morse, T.A.C. Rennie, H.P. Rome, L. Saul, E.D. Swann, H.I. Weinstock, Alberta Jacoby ; written by Irving Jacoby and Jack Neher ; photographed by Richard Leacock ; editedby Aram Boyajian ; consultants, T.A.C. Rennie, William F. Green ; directed by Irving Jacoby.
Provenance:
Received: June 19, 1986 as a donation from the Western Psychiatric Institute.