The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 362.21097471
EAN: 9781934137079
ISBN: 1934137073
Label: Bellevue Literary Press
Manufacturer: Bellevue Literary Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Sales Rank: 97202
Studio: Bellevue Literary Press
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Editorial Review:
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'A stunning achievement [that] . . . illuminates the tragedy of our treatment of those with mental and emotional problems.'-Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America
More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. In this fully-illustrated social history, they are skillfully examined and compared to the written record to create a moving-and devastating-group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.
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- Hauntingly Tender Stories of the VulnerableThe State Hospital rooms had no space for the luggage inmates brought with them, so they were tagged ... Read More
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- Could Have Been So Much More...I was gravely disappointed by this book. What could have been a unique, enlightening, and fascinating ... Read More
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- Middle of the RoadNot one review before mine gave a score of "average". Folks either really like this book or absolutely ... Read More
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- Psychiatry and polemics do not mix wellThe book consists of a conundrum of stories, as deducted by the authors from the suitcase contents (!) and ... Read More
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- Real Stories with Real Power"The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic" is a straightforward book about an ugly ... Read More
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