Fascinating documentary made to train police officers in the assistance and management of mentally ill and confused persons, produced in New Orleans by eminent filmmaker George C. Stoney using real New Orleans police officers as actors. A little-known ethnographic classic that is strongly rooted in the place where it was made. movies prelinger Stoney Associates Psychiatry;Police;Ethnography: U.S.: South U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, The Louisiana Association for Mental Health, The National Institute of Mental Health 19:15 B&W Sd Demonstrates the proper management of mentally ill persons by members of the large city police department to prepare the mentally ill persons for their subsequent medical treatment. Describes the different types of mentally disturbed people a police officer must deal with, such as the senile, the mentally retarded, and the attempted suicides. Stresses the need to talk with the family to get a person's background, using the case of a mental patient who feels his neighbors are planning to kill im. Shows a case in which a policeman handles a mentally disturbed person improperly. Points out the need for 24-hour medical help for police offices who deal with the mentally disturbed. Danger Lurks Safety Psychology Psychiatry Law Enforcement Emotional disturbances EDPs Emotionally disturbed persons Psychiatric intervention Mental illness <BR> 1 2002-07-16 00:00:00 1960 MovingImage Rick Prelinger 2005-09-03 21:20:20 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Bookedfo1960 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/