{"product_id":"from-asylum-to-community-mental-health-policy-in-modern-america-princeton-legacy-library-1217-9780691601618","title":"From Asylum to Community Mental Health Policy in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinguished historian of medicine Gerald Grob analyzes the post-World War II policy shift that moved many severely mentally ill patients from large state hospitals to nursing homes, families, and subsidized hotel rooms--and also, most disastrously, to the streets. On the eve of the war, public mental hospitals were the chief element in the Am\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 \"Grob's extensively researched book is the most comprehensive study to date of the evolution of public policy toward the mentally ill during a crucial time of change.\"--Bulletin of the History of Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations, pg. ix*Tables, pg. xi*Preface, pg. xiii*Abbreviations Used in Text, pg. xvii*Prologue, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The Lessons of War, 1941-1945, pg. 5*CHAPTER TWO. The Reorganization of Psychiatry, pg. 24*CHAPTER THREE. Origins of Federal Intervention, pg. 44*CHAPTER FOUR. Mental Hospitals under Siege, pg. 70*CHAPTER FIVE. The Mental Health Professions: Conflict and Consensus, pg. 93*CHAPTER SIX. Care and Treatment: Changing Views, pg. 124*CHAPTER SEVEN. Changing State Policy, pg. 157*CHAPTER EIGHT. A National Campaign: The Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, pg. 181*CHAPTER NINE. From Advocacy to Policy, pg. 209*CHAPTER TEN. From Institution to Community, pg. 239*CHAPTER ELEVEN. Challenges to Psychiatric Legitimacy, pg. 273*Epilogue, pg. 302*Notes, pg. 305*Selected Sources, pg. 375*Index, pg. 393","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403938341207,"sku":"9780691601618","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-asylum-to-community-mental-health-policy-in-modern-america-princeton-legacy-library-1217-9780691601618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}