Inside Outside: building a Meaningful Life After the Hospital, a film by Pat Deegan, Ph.D. and Terry Strecker with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.

  The viewer’s guide for this film states;

“This film captures the story of how eight individuals with significant histories of institutionalization mad the transition from psychiatric hospitals and/or nursing homes to successful community living.  The intended audiences are people in psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes adult homes, or other long term residential/treatment centers who may be released to community-based settings under the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling.  Professionals, family members, policy developers, advocates and people in partial-hospital and community-based mental health programs will also benefit from watching this film.  The film will inspire hope for recovery as viewers marvel at the tenacity and resilience of eight people as they move from inside the institution to outside life in the community.”

“I enjoyed this film and felt that I had gained a new understanding of challenges facing individuals who are returning to the community after hospitalization.” Brooke Dawson, MSW, CPS/SAC Coordinator

  “I think that the film was not only entertaining (able to keep the viewers attention) but very insightful.  It gave great examples of the varied populations that experience hospitalization as well as insight as to how different/similar these groups can be.  However, if I am not mistaken, in the introduction to the film it was explained that the primary target population was individuals with mental illnesses who were hospitalized.  I hope that the use of the film will have a greater scope than that.  I think this film would be of great benefit to anyone working in mental health as well as family members who have relatives who are patients too.  All in all the film was well done.” Erin Hendricks, MSW

  “Excellent film that should be seen by all inpatient hospital staff.  This is a great reminder about appropriate coordination and planning” Cathy Faler, MSW

  “This seemed to be a realistic portrayal of people who are chronically mentally ill.  The film was able to shed a humorous and very human light on the personalities of specific people with mental illness.” B. Strobel