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Other authors / contributors: | Brazos, Barbara, 1947-
McMillen, Margot Ford.
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ISBN: | 9780826216892 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0826216897 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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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.
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