Under Stress

Under Stress

26 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight with the new, 1960s, psychiatric ideas of "group therapy" and talking therapy. Also shows practical behaviours aimed at returning patients to productive lives in society and outpatient services.

Under Stress

26 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1964

Under Stress
Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight with the new, 1960s, psychiatric ideas of "group therapy" and talking therapy. Also shows practical behaviours aimed at returning patients to productive lives in society and outpatient services.
Producers Australian Commonwealth Film Unit, Australian National Film Board, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)
Original title Under Stress
Directors Rhonda Small
Writers Stuart Legg

Cast

Nigel Lovell

as Self