CSPAN3 Reel America We The Mentally Ill... - 1955 July 11, 2024
Hostility and neglect. [heartbeat] i am a mental patient at Saint Elizabeth hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness, families do not like to talk about their members in Mental Hospitals. People seem to think there is something worse about the mentally ill than being ill with pneumonia. Well, it is not true and because it is not true, tonight mental patients all over the country are gathering together to strip away that darkness. Now you can see me and in a moment, you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be trea...