Sick: A Documentary

Sick: A Documentary – This is a documentary about the mental health institutionalization of youth. It was completed as part of the social justice program at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It explores mental health institutions in the context of Irving Goffman’s ‘total institution’ and looks at parallels between the institutionalization of youth in mental hospitals and the prison system. One part historical, one part sociological, one part personal – former patients share their experiences. Based on personal experience, we asked as our premise – if you are sending someone somewhere to get healthy, why would you send them to a prison? In this film we offer a critical look at the institutionalization of minors.

Our view: Leaders must press state OMH to show savings

Filed under: inpatient mental health

The state Office of Mental Health moved the last of the inpatients from Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center last week, closing the wards that have served mentally ill clients in this community for more than 150 years and scattering the facility's 139 …
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Inpatient acute psychiatric wing at VA Montana remains closed due to lack of …

Filed under: inpatient mental health

“But it is long past time to get the inpatient mental health wing open. I will keep pushing the VA to use every tool they have to hire a second psychiatrist in order to finally open the much-needed facility.” Tester met with VA Undersecretary for …
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