Query: Mental illness

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Airdate - April 30, 1955 - Guest: Dr. William S. Middleton, Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration. Subject: Mental illness; 1/4" audiotape, 15" IPS. Mental illness is the largest worldwide problem. It accounts for one half of hospital patients, and one out of sixteen people in the U.S. are afflicted. Mental illness is like other diseases and educating people will eradicate the shame, guilt and stigma attached to the disease. Psychotherapy and chemical therapy are two treatments for the illness. The basis of psychotherapy is Freud's work. Two new drugs that have a tranquilizing effect on mentally ill patients are chlorpromazine, and reserpine. Social workers, psychologists, and other health workers need to treat patients as well as rehabilitate them so they may reenter society as constructive citizens.
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file
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Accession 20-084
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 20-084 for Mental illness

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Airdate: January 14, 1956 - Guest: Dr. Francis O'Neill, Director, Central Iceland State Mental Hospital, Long Island, New York. Subject: Treatment of mentally ill patients with drugs. 1/4" audiotape. Recently there have been advances in treating extremely disturbed patients with Thorazine (tranquilizers). This has helped patients return home from hospital. These drugs have special qualities that calm patients without putting them to sleep and although they are not curative, they represent a great step forward in treatment of mental illness.
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file
Collection ID:
Accession 20-084
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 20-084 for Mental illness

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Mental Illness
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Accession 13-034
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 13-034 for Mental illness

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Mental Illness: Washington Seminar, 5/1993
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Accession 99-026
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 99-026 for Mental illness

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Folder 13 RC Mental Illness - Drug Treatment
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file
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Accession 90-068
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 90-068 for Mental illness

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Folder 12 RC Mental Illness, 1963-1967
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file
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Accession 90-068
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 90-068 for Mental illness

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Folder 11 RC Mental Illness, 1960-1962
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file
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Accession 90-068
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 90-068 for Mental illness

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Folder 32 RA Mental Illness - Criminal Responsibility
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Collection ID:
Accession 90-068
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Accession 90-068 for Mental illness

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Folder 55 Broadcast January 14, 1956. Francis O'Neill; "Drugs against Mental Illness."
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file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7091
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 7091 for Mental illness

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Folder 57 St. Elizabeth's, 1939. Drafts for Marjorie Van de Water article about treatment of the mentally ill.
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file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7091
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 7091 for Mental illness
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