Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of...

May 18, 2010 · This documentary, made by Chris Boulding for the BBC’s Open University strand, provided a fascinating glimpse behind what were, for most of the asylums’ existence, firmly closed doors where, as one former nurse had it, patients would be better described as inmates.

Mental: A History of the Madhouse: Directed by Chris Boulding. With Maggi Chapman, Jeanie Davison, Tamsin Greig, Joanna Moncrieff. Telling the intriguing and poignant story of the closure of Britain's insane asylums.

Jan 14, 2011 · Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian ...

Jul 2, 2015 · Today, the asylum is a horror from the past, and BBC’s Mental: A History of the Madhouse tells the story of the closure of sanatoriums in Britain, from the perspective of former staff and patients. It’s a tale of endemic abuse and brutality disguised as “therapy.”

Filmed over several months, the documentary follows them as they battle to regain control of their lives, raising questions about the way we as a society perceive and treat mental illness. Richard, a young man in his 30s, is on the Intensive Care Mental Health Unit.

Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120...

From frontal lobotomies to care in the community, Mental: A History of the Madhouse tells the story of the closure of Britain’s mental asylums. They’re a grizzly reminder of a time when ‘out of sight, out of mind’ was the mantra for tackling the nation’s mental health issues.

May 17, 2010 · Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institu... tions all across the country.

Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain’s mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country.