Evolution of a Missouri asylum Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 /

"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 co...

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Prif Awdur: Lael, Richard L., 1946-
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Awduron Eraill: Brazos, Barbara, 1947-, McMillen, Margot Ford
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
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Crynodeb:"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.
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:xvii, 252 p. : ill.
Llyfryddiaeth:Includes bibliographical references and index.