Closing the asylums

causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement

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George W. Paulson: Closing the asylums (2012, McFarland & Co.)

English language

Published 2012 by McFarland & Co..

ISBN:
978-0-7864-7098-3
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OCLC Number:
779877029

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"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.

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Subjects

  • Psychiatric Hospitals
  • Mental Health Services
  • Deinstitutionalization
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Commitment of Mentally Ill
  • Mentally Ill Persons
  • History

Places

  • United States