Closing the asylums : causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement / George Paulson ; foreword by John C. Burnham.

By:

Paulson, George W, 1930-

Publication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012.Description: v, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780786470983

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.2/10973 23

LOC classification:

RA790.6 .P486 2012

NLM classification:

WM 27 AA1

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.

"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.

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