TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ziff,Katherine
AU  - Gladding,Samuel T.
AU  - Shields,Joseph
AU  - Bolin,Shawna
TI  - Asylum on the Hill: History of a Healing Landscape
SN  - 9780821444269
AV  - RC445.O3 Z55 2012 
U1  - 362.2109771 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Athens, OH
PB  - Ohio University Press
KW  - Athens State Hospital--History
KW  - State hospitals--Ohio--Athens--History
KW  - Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio--Athens--History
KW  - Psychiatric hospital care--History
KW  - Mental illness--Treatment--History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Praise for Asylum on the Hill -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Moral Treatment Experiment: "A Magnificent Site Overlooking the Hocking Valley" -- 2. Patients: "Each Admission Represented a Poor, Helpless, Hopeless Sufferer" -- 3. Architecture: "Space, Light and Air to Each Patient" -- 4. Politics: "Partisan Interests and Personal Place-Seeking" -- 5. Landscape: "Of Beautiful and Varied Scenery" -- 6. Caregivers: "To Take Proper Care of the Insane Requires Talents of a High Order" -- Epilogue -- Afterword: to the 150th Anniversary Edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Asylum on the Hill is the story of a great American experiment in psychiatry, a revolution in care for those with mental illness, as seen through the example of the Athens Lunatic Asylum. Katherine Ziff's compelling presentation incorporates rare photos, letters, and records, offering readers a fascinating glimpse into psychiatric history
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