Stigma

Collaborators : Daly, Tom | Jackson, Stanley | Office national du film du Canada
Mental illness.Families -- Mental Health.Psychology and Psychiatry -- Individual in Society.Psychology and Psychiatry -- Interpersonal Relationships.Psychology and Psychiatry -- Mental Illness and Disabilities.Women -- Health and Illness.Documentary films.Fiction films.Afficher 3 supplémentaires

This film tells the story of a young woman who suffers a mental breakdown, recovers fully in a mental hospital and returns home. Instead of the understanding and support she most needs from her friends and associates, she is virtually ostracized. The film makes a plea for a change in the sort of public thinking that places a stigma upon people who have suffered from an illness of the mind rather than of the body.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormat : 1 streaming video (19 min., 45 sec.)Language : AnglaisYear of publication : ©1958

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