Man Alive

Dingleton (1971x23)

Air date: Jun 16, 1971

Before tranquilliser drugs were invented - before strait jackets were discarded - before padded cells were dismantled - Dingleton Hospital on the Scottish Borders won international fame for its 'open door' policy. Since then patients have been treated as adults, with a say in their own - and other patients' - treatment, bosses have been abolished and replaced with a democratic system that gives everyone a voice. Sensitivity sessions and group therapy are sometimes dramatic and violent happenings at Dingleton. They often produce significant results. Jim Douglas Henry and a Man Alive team filmed in Dingleton - where a quiet revolution has overthrown conventional power structures and traditional methods of treatment.