A Place For Madness


60m 1994

Brief Synopsis

Examination of the implications to individual vs. community rights in the decision of the state of Massachusetts, in the late 1970s, to discharge more than 90 percent of the residents of the mental hospital in Northampton and provide them with community service programs as a bridge back into society

Film Details

Also Known As
Frontline (01/18/94), Place For Madness
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Examination of the implications to individual vs. community rights in the decision of the state of Massachusetts, in the late 1970s, to discharge more than 90 percent of the residents of the mental hospital in Northampton and provide them with community service programs as a bridge back into society.

Film Details

Also Known As
Frontline (01/18/94), Place For Madness
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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