Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

Name: Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 28 Sep 2010
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Cast: Dr. Ulista Hoover, Dr. Ulista Brooks, Dr. Arthur E. Tolan, Michael Douglas, Hazel Patton

Psychiatrist Dr. Dean Brooks, who appears in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and others discuss how jails and prisons have become our new asylums and how community care, especially inadequately funded community care, is failing to help people. They also discuss the need for what his granddaughter, Dr. Ulista Brooks, describes as “true asylums” — the construction of new modern mental hospitals, and other important issues regarding care for the mentally ill.

Year: 2010

Genre: Documentary

Studio: Lagniappe Films

Director: Charles Kiselyak

Cast: Dr. Ulista Hoover, Dr. Ulista Brooks, Dr. Arthur E. Tolan, Michael Douglas, Hazel Patton, Linda Hammond

Crew: Charles Kiselyak (Producer), Charles Kiselyak (Director), Charles Kiselyak (Writer), Denise Cochran (Editor), Bradley Sellers (Camera Operator), Joseph Lipari (Camera Operator)

Runtime: 31 minutes

Release: Sep 28, 2010

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Language: English