The mentally ill in America; a history of their care and treatment from colonial times

by Albert Deutsch

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Presents the history of the care and treatment of those believed to be mentally ill from Colonial Times and beyond. Looks at theories of punishment, repression, and indifference through the rise of moral treatment and the trend toward state and institutional care.

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Nonfiction, History
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362.2Society, government, & cultureSocial problems and social servicesSocial WelfareMental illness
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RC443 .D4MedicineInternal medicineInternal medicineNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryPsychiatry
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