Complete list of insane asylums and history in America. Before 1844, the mentally ill were stashed away in prisons and the basements of public buildings. But in the middle of the 19th century, reformers like Dorothea Dix pushed to improve the standing of those with serious mental illness, an effort that led to the construction of sprawling psychiatric hospitals.
- ISBN10 1300428597
- ISBN13 9781300428596
- Publish Date 20 November 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English