CSPAN3 Reel America We The Mentally Ill... - 1955 July 11, 2024
R. I. M a mental patient at Saint Elizabeths hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness. Families dont like to talk about their members in a Mental Hospital. People think there is something worse about being mentally hospital them mentally ill than being sick with pneumonia. It is not true. And tonight, mental patients from around the country are gathered together to strip away that dark this. And in a moment you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be treated. The conditions of our hospitals today and the new hope...