Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America
Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America

Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America

January 01, 1989 | 60 min

The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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Cast

Naomi Scott

Gerald N. Grob

Naomi Scott

David J. Rothman

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