"Though closing the asylums promised more freedom for many, encouraged community acceptance, and enhanced outpatient opportunities, there were unintended consequences. This book is written from the point of view of an academic neurologist who has served 60 years as an employee or consultant in typical state mental institutions in North Carolina and Ohio"--Provided by publisher.
Closing the asylums
causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement
English language
Published 2012 by McFarland & Co..
Subjects
- Psychiatric Hospitals
- Mental Health Services
- Deinstitutionalization
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Mentally Ill Persons
- History
Places
- United States
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