Toward A Caring Community

Year Published: 1980

Creator: New Jersey Dept Of Human Services

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Explores community attitudes toward mental patients by showing highlights of a workshop in which a cross section of New Jersey residents tackles the issues and problems of community care. Includes a historical review of attitudes toward the mentally ill and their treatment, a summary of the work of Dorothea Dix and commentary by an articulate representative of mental patients.