| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fulton State Hospital (Mo.) |
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Psychiatric hospitals -- Missouri -- History.
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Psychiatric hospitals. |
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Missouri. |
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History. |
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Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history. |
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History of Medicine. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Psychiatry -- history. |
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Missouri. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Brazos, Barbara, 1947-
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McMillen, Margot Ford.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lael, Richard L., 1946- Evolution of a Missouri asylum. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006031773 |
| ISBN |
9780826265548 (electronic book) |
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0826265545 (electronic book) |
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9780826216892 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0826216897 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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