An edition of Closing the asylums (2012)

Closing the asylums

causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement

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George W. Paulson, George W. P ...
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An edition of Closing the asylums (2012)

Closing the asylums

causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement

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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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McFarland & Co.
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English

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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, Mentally ill, Psychiatric hospital care, Mental health policy

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United States
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Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement
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Table of Contents

Hilltop asylum in Columbus, Ohio
Did DI result from attitudinal change, and did it reflect new wisdom?
Building obsolescence and deinstitutionalization
Did deinstitutionalization reflect the arrival of successful medications, or was medication only a new chemical straitjacket?
Role of new disciplines in mental hospitals
Urbanization : loss of a rural location
Advances in public health and public attitudes
The increase in social and community resources and their effect on enhancing freedom for the patients
Legal initiatives as a major factor in change
Elimination from the hospitals of the physically handicapped
Summary : with consequences of deinstitutionalization.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Jefferson, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.2/10973
Library of Congress
WM 27 AA1, RA790.6 .P486 2012

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Pagination
p. ;

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25317045M
ISBN 13
9780786470983
LCCN
2012018469
OCLC/WorldCat
779877029

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OL16637606W

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