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082 0 0 _a362.2/10973
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100 1 _aPaulson, George W.,
_d1930-
245 1 0 _aClosing the asylums :
_bcauses and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement /
_cGeorge Paulson ; foreword by John C. Burnham.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland & Co.,
_c2012.
300 _av, 214 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.
505 0 _aHilltop 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.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aMentally ill
_xDeinstitutionalization
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aMentally ill
_xDeinstitutionalization
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPsychiatric hospital care
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aPsychiatric hospital care
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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