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Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today
Asylum A MidCentury Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today
Author: Enoch Callaway
In his witty and warm history of Worcester State Hospital, founded in 1833 as the first state insane asylum established in this nation, Dr. Enoch Callaway reflects not just on the events in this fortress-like place, but also on how those events parallel advances and failures in the field of psychiatry itself. In addition to patient/psychiatrist ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780275997045
ISBN-10: 0275997049
Publication Date: 7/30/2007
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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