Mental Health: Keeping Mentally Fit outlines the four steps to mental health: express your emotions, know your own abilities and limitations, respect others, and solve problems in a timely manner. Kind old Dr. Martin tours the mental health of his town at the high school graduation. As the camera pans over the celebration, Dr. Martin informs the audience that some of these kids will end up in a mental institution. Amidst interesting scenes of small town life, the doctor begins âcorrectingâ the childrenâs problems with ludicrously oversimplified explanations. Overall, Keeping Mentally Fit is a somewhat strange snapshot of 1950âs psychology.
