From Asylum to Community: Mental Health Policy in Modern America

by Gerald N. Grob

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The distinguished historian of medicine Gerald Grob analyzes the post-World War II policy shift that moved many severely mentally ill patients from large state hospitals to nursing homes, families, and subsidized hotel rooms--and also, most disastrously, to the streets. On the eve of the war, public mental hospitals were the chief element in the American mental health system. Responsible for providing both treatment and care and supported by major...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691601615

ISBN13:9780691601618

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:434 Pages

Weight:1.33 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Mental Illness Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling Public Affairs & Policy Social Sciences

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