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Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? (2010)

0h 31m | PG-13

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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.

Director: Charles Kiselyak

Studio: Lagniappe Films

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Dr. Ulista Hoover

Dr. Ulista Hoover

as Self

Dr. Ulista Brooks

Dr. Ulista Brooks

as

Dr. Arthur E. Tolan

Dr. Arthur E. Tolan

as Self

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

as Self

Hazel Patton

Hazel Patton

as Self

Linda Hammond

Linda Hammond

as Self