The Department of Mental Hygiene saw recreation as an important part of therapy for its patients and tried to provide as many recreational options for as many patients at possible. Outdoor activities were considered especially important in developing self-confidence and socialization. Here, mental health patients exhibit "snappy" form in a calisthenics drill presented at their Annual Field Day. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1949. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.

Date created

• 1949

Type

• Image

Creator

• Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)

Identifier

• nam_apap_015_pm_024953

Subject

• Labor union members
• Psychotherapy
• Labor unions
• Psychiatric hospitals
• Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.)
• New York State Office of Mental Hygiene
• Castellani, Paul
• Recreation programs

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive