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The Mental hospital volunteer: someone who cares

United States, 1955
film

Depicts the role and influence of the mental hospital volunteer in the lives of hospitalised mental patients. Describes some of the undesirable conditions in ..

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The Troubled mind

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[Mental Hygiene Authority 1961]

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