A stunning achievement that] . . . illuminates the tragedy of our treatment of those with mental and emotional problems.-Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. In this fully-illustrated social history, they are skillfully examined and compared to the written record to create a moving-and devastating-group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care. Darby Penney is a leader in the human rights movement for people with psychiatric disabilities. Peter Stastny is a psychiatrist and documentary filmmaker. Lisa Rinzler is a prizewinning cinematographer.
- ISBN10 1934137073
- ISBN13 9781934137079
- Publish Date 1 January 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bellevue Literary Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 205
- Language English