Evolution of a Missouri asylum : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 /

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Author / Creator:Lael, Richard L., 1946-
Imprint:Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185630
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Other authors / contributors:Brazos, Barbara, 1947-
McMillen, Margot Ford.
ISBN:9780826265548
0826265545
9780826216892
0826216897
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Traces the history of Missouri's first state mental institution, the Fulton State Hospital, founded in 1851. This institutional history examines a century and a half of changing attitudes toward mental illness, evolving treatments as medical and psychiatric science sought cures and the continuing administrative challenges of overcrowding and chronic underfunding"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Lael, Richard L., 1946- Evolution of a Missouri asylum. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007