Here's another industrial film about psychological disorders from Oklahoma. It is clearly intended to make people less terrified about mental disorders and their treatments.
Modern methods often differ vastly from the standards 65 years ago. There are a lot more outpatient programs, and many mental illnesses are treatable by medicine. In truth, the standards of treatment in 1953 had shown enormous changes from earlier eras; many people had a vision of psychiatric hospitals based on standards centuries out of date, when mad people were placed in Bedlam and exhibited to the public like animals in a zoo. This movie emphasizes the pleasant, engaged methods, with only a brief mention of some of the harsher forms of treatment.
Modern methods often differ vastly from the standards 65 years ago. There are a lot more outpatient programs, and many mental illnesses are treatable by medicine. In truth, the standards of treatment in 1953 had shown enormous changes from earlier eras; many people had a vision of psychiatric hospitals based on standards centuries out of date, when mad people were placed in Bedlam and exhibited to the public like animals in a zoo. This movie emphasizes the pleasant, engaged methods, with only a brief mention of some of the harsher forms of treatment.