Symptoms in Schizophrenia

This 1938-1940 Pathescope Productions film, shot in black-and-white, showcases masked mental patients acting out schizophrenia symptoms as understood in the pre-medication era. Silent with intertitles, it highlights catatonia, hebephrenia, and paranoia through staged scenes in a hospital setting. Made for doctors, it offers a stark, dated glimpse into psychiatric understanding before modern drugs, raising questions about patient treatment and privacy in its unsettling, clinical portrayal.