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This project describes the growth and changes in mental health care in Indiana throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The interviewees discuss treatment methods such as chemical or group therapy. They describe the issue of funding at the state and national levels. They discuss patients' rights and the court rulings on them. Community mental health centers are also discussed.
| Interviewee: | Burton, Joan |
| Call number: | 77-030 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | October 20, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 49 pp., 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 1 hour 40 minutes; index; 64 newspaper articles about Stone Belt School; 1 newspaper article about budget cuts; 1 article about interviewee receiving award; flyer |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Giroux, Vincent A. |
Joan Burton, the director of Stone Belt Center for the Mentally Retarded, describes the growth and changes at the school. She explains the school's monetary partnership with the public school system and other resources for funding. Burton explains the types of programs and services the center offers to its students.
Association for Retarded Citizens
Headley School
Indiana State Department of Mental Health
Monroe County Community School Corporation
Stone Belt Center
United Way of America
Vocational Rehabilitation Center
Goen, John
Hammond, Ann
Hughes, Otto
Mauser, August
McCandless, Elinore
Reszka, Ralph
Stearns, Keith
Monroe County, Indiana
Owen County, Indiana
educator
handicapped people
job coaching programs
mental health care placement
residential programs
respite care
special education
| Interviewee: | Meyer, Martin W. |
| Call number: | 77-006 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | March 15, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 34 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 1 hour 20 minutes; index; 2 book chapters; Indiana Department of Mental Health Annual Report, 1974; flyer for volunteers |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Barrows, Robert G. |
Martin Meyer, born May 16, 1919, discusses the changes in Indiana mental health facilities and legislation since 1953. He describes his role as the director of the Indiana Division of Planning and Evaluation. Meyer explains the process of the establishment of mental health centers and state hospitals in Indiana. He also describes the role of federal and state government in the growth of mental health facilities.
Darnell Hospital
Indiana Department of Mental Health
Indiana Division of Planning and Evaluation
Indiana Mental Health Center Administration
Indiana Mental Health and Mental Retardation Planning
Commission
United States Veterans Administration in Special
Services
Craig, George N.
Danville, Kentucky
New York, New York
psychiatrist
psychologist
1963 Community Mental Health Center Act
activity therapy
community mental health centers
mental illness
physical rehabilitation
single system of care
state hospitals
| Interviewee: | Moore, Donald |
| Call number: | 77-009 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | March 31, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 58 pp.; 2 reels, 1 7/8 ips, 2 hours 30 minutes; no index; reading list; Carter Hospital statistics, 1966-1976; 2 maps of intern placement; patient survey; article about the changes in psychiatry; post graduate training pamphlet; 1977 course catalog, 1972-1973 annual reports |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Moore, Donald |
Donald Moore, born 1914, describes his role as a psychiatrist in Indiana. He discusses the accreditation of the state hospitals in Indiana. Moore also describes the difference between hospitals and community comprehensive centers. He describes federal and state government contributions to mental health care.
Indiana Department of Mental Health
Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital
Ginzberg, Stewart
Ypsilanti, Michigan
nurse
physician
psychiatrist
social worker
hospital accreditation
1972 Wyatt v.
Stickney
Indiana state hospital system
comprehensive mental health centers
developmentally disabled children's services
federal funding
group therapy
industrial therapy
medication
mental health centers
mental illness
staffing issues
| Interviewee: | Spaulding, Robert W. |
| Call number: | 77-007 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | March 16, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 36 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 1 hour 20 minutes; no index; Indiana State plan for the construction of mental health centers, 1971-1972; Indiana state plan for the construction of mental health centers, 1974-1975 |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Barrows, Robert |
Robert W. Spaulding, born 1924, discusses the growth and changes in mental health care in Indiana. He was the director of Community Services in the Division of Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities in the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Spaulding describes the role of comprehensive mental health care centers.
Division of Mental Retardation and Other Developmental
Disabilities
Indiana Department of Mental Health
New Castle State Hospital
federal funding
residential care alternatives
1972 Wyatt v.
Stickney
Developmental Disabilities Act
comprehensive mental health centers
mental health care changes
outpatient clinics
special education
state funding