Public Service Announcement: They Put Her Away ‘Cause She’s Crazy
August 7, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Wow.
Below is a 1970’s Public Service Announcement featuring actress Elizabeth Ashley. I think it’s supposed to be geared toward equal treatment for people with mental illnesses, but…in my opinion, it falls short.
Good intentions though it had, the PSA may have had a bit more educational if it had, oh, I don’t know, defined “crazy”? Maybe offered a statistic or two?
I know it was the 70s and times were much different, but, come on.
What do you think?
That was a bit cringe-worthy and patronising. I can understand it was probably par for the course in the 1970s but it felt like it was a animal welfare charity she was referring to in the ‘help them’ part – rather than humans!