Title: The shame of the States
First published: 1948
Description: Expose on the deplorable conditions in state mental hospitals, including overcrowding, understaffing, inadequate budgets, lack of adequate treatment facilities, etc. It consists mostly of pieces written for the New York newspaper PM and its successor the Star, as well as some less journalistic content, written from 1940-1948.
Subjects: Hospitals, Psychiatric, Mental Disorders, Psychiatric hospital care, Psychiatric hospitals, Mentally ill, Care
Places: United States