TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paulson,George W.
TI  - Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement  
SN  - 9780786470983
AV  - RA790.6 .P486 2012
U1  - 362.2/10973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - Mentally ill
KW  - Deinstitutionalization
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Psychiatric hospital care
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index; Hilltop 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
N2  - "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
ER  -