Care in the Community - 'A Very New Idea'

From the collection of

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia
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Care in the Community - 'A Very New Idea'


An About Anglia news report of the problems typically faced by recovering mental health patients, in particular with regard to leaving institutional care. Reporting on the recent relocation of discharged patients from Severalls Mental Hospital to shared accommodation in Brightlingsea, the reporter visits the grounds of the psychiatric unit, Ivy Villa, once home to the relocated patients, commenting on the social stigma that can be attached to mental ill health.


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