POSITIVE APPROACH TO THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT, A

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1955

Creator: Veterans Administration

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Shows the treatment in Veterans Administration hospitals for psychiatric patients who have emerged from acute episodes of mental illness but who are not yet well enough to leave the hospital. Uses a hospital ward unit as the focal setting, and stresses the roles of the nurse, aide, and physician.