Evolution of a Missouri asylum: Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006
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Main Author: Lael, Richard L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia University of Missouri Press c2007
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
"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 continuing administrative challenges of overcrowding and chronic underfunding"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 252 p.)
ISBN:0826265545
9780826265548

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