Byline: Frank Sutherland; Thursday, January 24, 1974; The Nashville Tennessean; pages 1, 2
Report: Central State Psychiatric Hospital Exposé - Frank Sutherland - Nashville Tennessean
Tags: medical, mental patient, mental health, posed as patient, psychiatric hospital, Tennessee, undercover
The story of my personality as viewed by "professionals" at Central State Psychiatric Hospital is contained in a thin brown cardboard folder - number 47 441 - in the hospital's files. Because I posed as a patient named "Ernest Franklin" with suicidal tendencies during my month's stay at the hospital, this file does not paint a true picture of my personality.But more importantly, because this file is an unprofessional patchwork of sketchy, skimpy jargon, I wonder and worry about the files of other patients there. After my release from Central State, I submitted the contents of this file, compiled by unlicensed doctors and undertrained aides, to three licensed psychisitrists (sic) practicing in Nashville. Because the professionals sometimes deal either with Central State, its patients, former patients, or with doctors who work there, they insisted on anonymity.
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