BookEvolution of a Missouri asylum : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006
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- Evolution of a Missouri asylum : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 / Richard L. Lael, Barbara Brazos, and Margot Ford McMillen.
Published/Created
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
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Description
- xvii, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN
- 9780826216892 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- 0826216897 (hard cover : alk. paper)
LC classification
- RC445.M83 L34 2007
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Summary
- "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.
Contents
- From idea to reality, 1844-1850 -- Overcoming obstacles : the first decade, 1850-1860 -- Disaster and rebirth, 1861-1872 -- Administration gridlock and recovery, 1869-1897 -- "To the victors belong the spoils" : asylum patronage, 1872-1923 -- Search for a cure : treatments in transition, 1905-1940 -- Bursting at the seams : growing pains, 1890-1940 -- Three early residents -- Dramatic changes in treatment, 1940-1949 -- Missouri's mental health care comes of age, 1950-1959 -- Enlightened leadership, 1960-1969 -- New strategies, new challenges, 1970-1979 -- The challenge of youth, 1950-1991 -- Deinstitutionalization, 1980-1989 -- New missions as the century turns, 1990-2000 -- An uncertain future.
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Other Subjects
- Fulton State Hospital (Mo.)
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--Missouri.
- History of Medicine--Missouri.
- History, 19th Century--Missouri.
- History, 20th Century--Missouri.
- Psychiatry--history--Missouri.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
- 2006031773
Dewey class no.
- 362.2/109778/335
Geographic area code
- n-us-mo
NLM class no.
- 2007 C-394
- WM 28 AM8 L158e 2007
National bib agency no.
- 101288247
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocm71798110
Type of material
- Book
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- RC445.M83 L34 2007 FT MEADE
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