From Asylum to Community: Mental Health Policy in Modern America
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From Asylum to Community: Mental Health Policy in Modern America
By (Author) Gerald N. Grob
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Abnormal psychology
362.20973
Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1992
Physical Properties
Paperback
434
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
595g
Description
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 Am
Reviews
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "Grob's extensively researched book is the most comprehensive study to date of the evolution of public policy toward the mentally ill during a crucial time of change."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine
