Bulletin on the Okinawa Operation
This color film shot by U.S. Marine combat photographers tells the story of the first 50 days of the brutal battle for…
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We, the Mentally Ill...
2020-11-14T21:59:57-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvODZkXC8yMDIwMTExNDIyMDI0MzAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Hosted by a self-identified mental patient, this “March of Medicine” television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental health reformer Dorothea Dix, staged by patients from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. The program then visits the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton, which Dix founded, to observe crowded conditions in a plea for public sympathy and funding. The program also looks at advances in treatment using new medications, and includes an appeal for more hospital space by the New Jersey governor.
Hosted by a self-identified mental patient, this “March of Medicine” television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental…
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Hosted by a self-identified mental patient, this “March of Medicine” television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental health reformer Dorothea Dix, staged by patients from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. The program then visits the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton, which Dix founded, to observe crowded conditions in a plea for public sympathy and funding. The program also looks at advances in treatment using new medications, and includes an appeal for more hospital space by the New Jersey governor. close
Hosted by a self-identified mental patient, this “March of Medicine” television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental… read more
Hosted by a self-identified mental patient, this “March of Medicine” television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental health reformer Dorothea Dix, staged by patients from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. The program then visits the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton, which Dix founded, to observe crowded conditions in a plea for public sympathy and funding. The program also looks at advances in treatment using new medications, and includes an appeal for more hospital space by the New Jersey governor. close
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