Mental: A History of the Madhouse

Synopsis

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. Today, most mental patients, or service users as they are now called, live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful testimonies from patients, nurses and doctors, the film explores this seismic revolution and what it tells us about society's changing attitudes to mental illness over the last sixty years.

Main Cast

Tamsin Greig

Narrator

Age : 57 | Popularity : 14%

Peter Barham

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maggi Chapman

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Joe Taylor Colin Skinner
Art	Production Design	Richard Touch
	Art Direction	Bill Thomas
Production	Producer	Adam Jessel
Directing	Director	Chris Boulding
Editing	Editor	Ian Meller
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