MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012018469
003 DLC
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008 120504s2012 ncu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780786470983 (softcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aRA790.6$b.P486 2012
060 10 $aWM 27 AA1
082 00 $a362.2/10973$223
100 1 $aPaulson, George W.,$d1930-
245 10 $aClosing the asylums :$bcauses and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement /$cGeorge Paulson ; foreword by John C. Burnham.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2012.
263 $a1207
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHilltop 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aMentally ill$xDeinstitutionalization$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMentally ill$xDeinstitutionalization$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPsychiatric hospital care$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPsychiatric hospital care$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 12 $aDeinstitutionalization$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 12 $aHospitals, Psychiatric$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 22 $aCommitment of Mentally Ill$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zUnited States.
650 22 $aMental Health Services$xhistory$zUnited States.
650 22 $aMentally Ill Persons$xhistory$zUnited States.