A History of Twenty-Seven Insane Asylums, Mental Hospitals, and State Schools: Based on the popular YouTube video series!
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Based on the popular YouTube video series!
The Pilgrim State Hospital
Saint Elizabeths Hospital
The Bryce State Hospital
The Hudson River State Hospital
The Athens Lunatic Asylum
The Pennhurst State School and Hospital
The Taunton State Hospital
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Danvers State Hospital
Forest Haven
The Overbrook Asylum
The Crownsville State Hospital
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry
The Willard State Hospital
The Central State Hospital (Georgia)
The Topeka State Hospital
The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
The Creedmore State Hospital
The Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
The Eastern Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane
The Elgin State Hospital
The Independence State Hospital
The Willowbrook State School
The New York City Farm Colony
The Central State Hospital (Indiana)
Plus 72 pages of bonus content!
"Misery Rules in State Shoadowland" by Mike Gorman (1946)
And numerous comments and essays by the author.
But much more than just a history book, A History of Twenty-Seven Insane Asylums, Mental Hospitals, and State Schools is an in-depth and wide-ranging exploration of mental health, mental illness, and mental disability in the United States. It closely examines a large selection of some of the more notable facilities that it has been treated in down through the ages and, in some cases, right on up into the present day. This book shows how our understanding of mental illness, its treatment, and the facilities within which it has been treated have evolved, as well as taking an honest and deeply penetrating look at how it is now treated and regarded by today’s society.
The book also asks a series of very strong, very relevant questions. What was done wrong? What was done right? How does it compare to today? Why were the overwhelming majority of these places closed? What has happened as a result of their closures? What can we learn? How have a small handful of these places remained open? And, perhaps most importantly, what do we now need to do today as a result of it all?
Because in order to operate adequately in the present and to move successfully into the future, the past must be properly recognized, thoroughly understood, and fully utilized. This is true in all aspects of history and of life in general…and all the more so when it comes to the mentally ill and the mentally disabled living in our midst.
A History of Twenty-Seven Insane Asylums, Mental Hospitals, and State Schools: Based on the popular YouTube video series!
Sale price
$18.99
Regular price $22.99
Based on the popular YouTube video series!
The historic insane asylums, mental hospitals, and state schools covered in this book:
The Pilgrim State Hospital
Saint Elizabeths Hospital
The Bryce State Hospital
The Hudson River State Hospital
The Athens Lunatic Asylum
The Pennhurst State School and Hospital
The Taunton State Hospital
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Danvers State Hospital
Forest Haven
The Overbrook Asylum
The Crownsville State Hospital
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry
The Willard State Hospital
The Central State Hospital (Georgia)
The Topeka State Hospital
The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
The Creedmore State Hospital
The Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane
The Eastern Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane
The Elgin State Hospital
The Independence State Hospital
The Willowbrook State School
The New York City Farm Colony
The Central State Hospital (Indiana)
Plus 72 pages of bonus content!
"Misery Rules in State Shoadowland" by Mike Gorman (1946)
And numerous comments and essays by the author.
But much more than just a history book, A History of Twenty-Seven Insane Asylums, Mental Hospitals, and State Schools is an in-depth and wide-ranging exploration of mental health, mental illness, and mental disability in the United States. It closely examines a large selection of some of the more notable facilities that it has been treated in down through the ages and, in some cases, right on up into the present day. This book shows how our understanding of mental illness, its treatment, and the facilities within which it has been treated have evolved, as well as taking an honest and deeply penetrating look at how it is now treated and regarded by today’s society.
The book also asks a series of very strong, very relevant questions. What was done wrong? What was done right? How does it compare to today? Why were the overwhelming majority of these places closed? What has happened as a result of their closures? What can we learn? How have a small handful of these places remained open? And, perhaps most importantly, what do we now need to do today as a result of it all?
Because in order to operate adequately in the present and to move successfully into the future, the past must be properly recognized, thoroughly understood, and fully utilized. This is true in all aspects of history and of life in general…and all the more so when it comes to the mentally ill and the mentally disabled living in our midst.