02673nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10188313 CaPaEBR 20260707181513.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 060922s2007 moua sb s001 0 eng 2006031773 101288247 DNLM 9780826216892 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0826216897 (hard cover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)648314978 n-us-mo RC445.M83 L34 2007eb 362.2/109778/335 22 124405 98371 Lael, Richard L., 1946- 152439 Evolution of a Missouri asylum [electronic resource] : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 / Richard L. Lael, Barbara Brazos, and Margot Ford McMillen. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007. xvii, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. From idea to reality, 1844-1850 -- Overcoming obstacles : the first decade, 1850-1860 -- Disaster and rebirth, 1861-1872 -- Administration gridlock and recovery, 1869-1897 -- "To the victors belong the spoils" : asylum patronage, 1872-1923 -- Search for a cure : treatments in transition, 1905-1940 -- Bursting at the seams : growing pains, 1890-1940 -- Three early residents -- Dramatic changes in treatment, 1940-1949 -- Missouri's mental health care comes of age, 1950-1959 -- Enlightened leadership, 1960-1969 -- New strategies, new challenges, 1970-1979 -- The challenge of youth, 1950-1991 -- Deinstitutionalization, 1980-1989 -- New missions as the century turns, 1990-2000 -- An uncertain future. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Psychiatric hospitals Missouri History. 152440 Electronic books. local 190 Brazos, Barbara, 1947- 152441 McMillen, Margot Ford. 96807 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188313 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 124405 98371