Aug 5, 2023 · Whether you are looking to understand the complex issues surrounding mental illness or sate your curiosity about life within a psychiatric hospital, these documentaries can provide an in-depth look into what goes on behind closed doors.

Jun 25, 2010 · A new documentary by Jan Haaken, a professor at Portland State University, tells the stories of patients at the Oregon State Hospital.

Mar 5, 2014 · Following a series of failed suicide attempts, on June 21, 1967, seventeen-year-old Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital on Long Island. Today an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ms. Winer returns to Kings Park for the first time since her discharge.

Created at the Columbus State Hospital in the 1950s, “City of the Sick” is a documentary about mental illness and the hospital itself, narrated by a fictional hospital attendant (Ken Kesey he's not).

Jan 1, 2025 · From docs about living in a mental hospitals and institutions to inspirational stories about finding oneself during crisis, each documentary provides a unique perspective, contributing to the broader conversation about mental health.

Titicut Follies is a 1967 American direct cinema documentary film produced, written, and directed by Frederick Wiseman and filmed by John Marshall. It deals with the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Apr 28, 2017 · Frederick Wiseman's controversial 1967 documentary Titicut Follies exposed conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts. Fifty years later, the filmmaker, now 87, has adapted it...

America Undercover goes to California to offer an inside look into Patton State Hospital. It focuses on the daily activities of five inmates of the facility who have been judged criminally insane and examines the treatment and care that they receive from doctors and hospital administrators.

On June 21, 1967, at the age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over 30 years later, now a veteran documentary filmmaker, Lucy returns to Kings Park for the first time since her discharge.

Apr 18, 2024 · This documentary follows two people's consuming quest to unearth the truth about Northern State Hospital and revive the stories of its forgotten patients. ...more. He uncovered 200...