This film offers a general introduction to the concepts and treatment methods in the fascination field of mental health. Methods of treatment & community outreach.
Woman walking along the street. She stops to look in the window of a flower shop. Woman walks through a park. She wears a mini-skirt, boots & a winter coat. MS of a woman w/ heavy black frame eyeglasses (spectacles). Woman walking through an urban street.
Traveling shots from a car. On the highway & over a bridge. Crowds of pedestrians walking on the street. Crowded urban housing developments. Crowds of people moving up an escalator.
DO NOT USE Clips from news & film. Stills of mental patients.
People eating in a large group setting (half-way house). LS of Lynn sitting on her bed, discussing her illness. She wears a shirt covered w/ stars, very 1970s. Same woman walking outside, she enters a building.
DO NOT USE Still photos.
MS of Dr. James Gordon talking to the camera about schizoid behaviors. MS of patient sitting on her bed talking about her relationship w/ her children. MS of Dr. James Gordon.
CU of flowers. Scientist performs an experiment in a laboratory. CU of a hypodermic needle (syringe) being filled. A rabbit is injected (animal testing).
DO NOT USE still photos
MS of Dr. Richard Alswald in front of a movie screen w/ projected images. MS of 2 women in an office. One picks up the phone. Young woman counseling an older woman. This is a crisis center that helps people in the community.
Man & woman w/ a baby act out a scene in front of an audience of other families. This is a type of therapy. Family therapist sitting in front of several TV screens. They televisions are closed-circuit feeds, so that the therapist can observe the family at home. Children playing as a part of family therapy. MS of Dr. Richard Alswald in front of a movie screen w/ projected images.
DO NOT USE news & still photos
MS of Dr. Richard Alswald in front of a movie screen w/ projected images.