Storyline
Psychiatrist Dr. Dean Brooks, who appears in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and others discuss how jails and prisons have become our new asylums and how community care, especially inadequately funded community care, is failing to help people. They also discuss the need for what his granddaughter, Dr. Ulista Brooks, describes as “true asylums” — the construction of new modern mental hospitals, and other important issues regarding care for the mentally ill.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Dr. Ulista Hoover
Self
Dr. Ulista Brooks
Dr. Arthur E. Tolan
Self
Michael Douglas
Self
Hazel Patton
Self
Linda Hammond
Self
Rex Gorger
Self
Dean R. Brooks
Self - as Dr. Dean R. Brooks
Frequently Asked Questions
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? was released on September 28, 2010.
The runtime of Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? is 31m.
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? is a Documentary movie.
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? was directed by Charles Kiselyak.
The main cast of Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? includes Dr. Ulista Hoover, Dr. Ulista Brooks, Dr. Arthur E. Tolan.
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? is originally in English.