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Asylum on the Hill : History of a Healing Landscape.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821444269
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asylum on the HillDDC classification:
  • 362.2109771
LOC classification:
  • RC445.O3 Z55 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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