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Asylum [videorecording] : a history of the mental institution in America / Stone Lantern Films, Inc. ; producers, Sarah Mondale, Sarah Patton ; director, Sarah Mondale ; screenwriter, Terence Monmaney.

Contributor Patton, Sarah B.

Imprint:[Princeton, N.J.] : Films for Humanities & Science, 2003

Description1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col., b&w 4 3/4 in.

Note:Follows society's struggle to find a humane and effective means of caring for the mentally ill. Features archival footage and interviews with former patients of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, national mental institution for over 130 years.

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Contributor
Patton, Sarah B.
Mondale, Sarah.
Saint Elizabeth's Hospital (Washington, D.C.) History.
Stone Lantern Films.
Films for Humanities & Science.
Subject:
Mentally ill -- United States -- History.
Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- Care.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.