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From Asylum to Community

- Mental Health Policy in Modern America

About From Asylum to Community

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

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691601618
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 434
  • Published:
  • July 13, 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x22 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 595 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 7, 2024

Description of From Asylum to Community

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

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