Title: Closing the asylums
Description: "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.
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
Places: United States