Evolution of a Missouri asylum : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 /

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"Traces the history of Missouri's first state mental institution, the Fulton State Hospital, founded in 1851. This institutional history examines a century and a half of changing attitudes toward mental illness, evolving treatments as medical and psychiatric science sought cures and the co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lael, Richard L., 1946-
Otros Autores: Brazos, Barbara, 1947-, McMillen, Margot Ford
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Fulton State Hospital (Mo.)
Psychiatric hospitals > Missouri > History.
Medicine > History.
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
History of Medicine
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Psychiatry > history
Médecine > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
history of medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Medicine
Psychiatric hospitals
Missouri
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From idea to reality, 1844-1850
  • Overcoming obstacles : the first decade, 1850-1860
  • Disaster and rebirth, 1861-1872
  • Administration gridlock and recovery, 1869-1897
  • "To the victors belong the spoils" : asylum patronage, 1872-1923
  • Search for a cure : treatments in transition, 1905-1940
  • Bursting at the seams : growing pains, 1890-1940
  • Three early residents
  • Dramatic changes in treatment, 1940-1949
  • Missouri's mental health care comes of age, 1950-1959
  • Enlightened leadership, 1960-1969
  • New strategies, new challenges, 1970-1979
  • The challenge of youth, 1950-1991
  • Deinstitutionalization, 1980-1989
  • New missions as the century turns, 1990-2000
  • An uncertain future.

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