Cross Currents; Panel on Mental Health with Joan Smith and Frank McNeil, Part 3 of 3
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Last in a series sponsored by The Church Street Center for Community Education in Burlington and by the Vermont Association for Mental Health. Entitled "Why I'm Different, You're Maladjusted, and He's Crazy: Definition, Authority, and Responsibility Issues in Mental Health." Presenting a historical viewpoint on the definition of mental illness and its treatment is Joan Smith, a sociologist with the State University of New York, who resides in Hartland, Vermont. Responding to the views of Dr. Smith is Frank McNeil, Director of Franklin County Mental Health Services, focusing on mental health administration and the role of economics in the treatment of mental illness. Crosscurrents is a series of recorded lectures and public forums exploring issues of public concern in Vermont.
