5170896
9780826216892
"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.Lael, Richard L. is the author of 'Evolution of a Missouri Asylum Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006', published 2007 under ISBN 9780826216892 and ISBN 0826216897.
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