THE MENTALLY ILL IN AMERICA A HISTORY OF THEIR CARE AND TREATMENT
FROM COLONIAL TIMES By ALBERT DEUTSCH WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
WILLIAM A. WHITE, M. D., D. Sc., LL. D. Late Superintendent, St.
Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. Professor of Psychiatry,
George Washington University 1946 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW
YORK Third Printing, 194, Columbia University Press, Ne w York
FOREIGN AGENT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, Humphrey Milford, Amen
House, London, E. G. 4, England, AND B. I. Building, Nicol Road,
Bombay, India First and second printings, 1937, 1938 Double day, Do
ran Company, Inc. COPYRIGHT, 1937 BY THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR
MENTAL HYGIENE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION
by William A. White, M. D. ix AUTHORS FOREWORD xv CHAPTER I.
PROPHETS, DEMONS AND WITCHES . . II. COLONIAL AMERICA THE OLD WORLD
HERITAGE 24 III. COLONIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
PUNISHMENT, REPRESSION AND INDIFFERENCE . ., . 39 IV. RATIONAL
HUMANITARIANISM THE BEGIN NINGS OF REFORM .... - 55 V. BENJAMIN
RUSH THE FATHER OF AMERI CAN PSYCHIATRY 72 VI. THE RISE OF MORAL
TREATMENT . 88 VII. RETROGRESSION OVER THE HILL TO THE POORHOUSE
114 VIII. THE CULT OF CURABILITY AND THE RISE OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
. . . 132 IX. DOROTHEA LYNDE Dix MILITANT CRU SADER . 158 X.
MID-CENTURY PSYCHIATRISTS .... 186 XL CONFLICT OF THEORIES
RESTRAINT OR NON-RESTRAINT 213 XII. THE TREND TOWARD STATE CARE . .
. 229 XIII. STATE CARE EXODUS FROM THE POORHOUSE 246 XIV.
PSYCHIATRY EMERGES FROM ISOLATION . 272 XV. THE MENTAL HYGIENE
MOVEMENT AND ITS FOUNDER 300 vi CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XVI.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS OF MENTAL DEFECT . . . . . 331 XVII.
CHANGING CONCEPTS IN MENTAL DEFECT 353 XVIII. INSANITY AND
THECRIMINAL LAW . . 386 XIX. OUR COMMITMENT LAWS 417 XX. MODERN
TRENDS IN INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND TREATMENT 440 XXI. TOWARDS MENTAL
HYGIENE .... 463 BIBLIOGRAPHY 497 INDEX . 5 5 ILLUSTRATIONS PlNEL
AT THE SALPETRIERE Frontispiece FACING PAGE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
HOSPITALS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL IN AMERICA . 68 BENJAMIN RUSH 76
DOROTHEA LYNDE Dix 160 THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN ... 192 OLD METHODS OF
RESTRAINT AND A MOD ERN SUBSTITUTE . . 224 CLIFFORD W. BEERS 304
HYDROTIIKRAPY, OLD AND NEW 448 INTRODUCTION TT IS with deep
satisfaction that I introduce this important book to the reading
public. If the lessons it teaches are understood and taken to heart
by its readers, society will be the authors debtor. Mr. Deutschs
book, the preparation of which has been made possible by the
American Foundation for Mental Hygiene, might be described in a
very few words by saying that it traces the evolution of a cultural
pattern as repre sented by the way in which people through the
years have thought and felt about the so-called insane. It is an
exceed ingly illuminating presentation and because of the dramatic
material with which it deals, it may well prove to be a spear head
for the penetration of important social facts and the understanding
of social processes which, presented with less appealing or less
startling illustration, might fail to attract attention. It is
altogether fitting that in the presentation of this extraordinary
and important story of mans struggles with himself, the
illustrations should be taken more particularly from their American
setting. In this way the whole matter is brought home to us who
live in this country and we see what has actually been taking
place, more especially since earlycolonial days, and we can feel
that we ourselves are a part of the whole story and that the
victories that have been won and the ground that has been gained
are assets of which we can avail ourselves. It is always an
illuminating pro cedure to trace the path along which we have come,
to be come acquainted with the historical forces that are driving
us, and their directions, because after all we have to conquer, not
by opposing these forces, but by conforming to them. Mr...
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Albert Deutsch
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
576 |
Edition: |
illustrated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2567-5 |
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Social sciences >
Psychology >
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LSN: |
1-4437-2567-6 |
Barcode: |
9781443725675 |
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