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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- The Untold History of the First Illinois State Hospital for the
- ISBN
- 9781735917115
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
DR. Jo!e Squillace
ISBN-10
1735917117
ISBN-13
9781735917115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050387223
Product Key Features
Subject
General, United States / General
Publication Year
2020
Language
English
Publication Name
Untold History of the First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
TitleLeading
The
Synopsis
Moral treatment, the vogue of early American psychology, freed the mentally ill of their chains. They were, however, still relegated to separate institutions, commonly called asylums, for at least a brief respite from the stressors that were thought to cause their madness. Did it work? Were the patients actually treated more humanely? The Untold History of the First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane tells the stories of the people who were subjected to this new treatment on the American Frontier. As author Dr. Joe Squillace shows, the institution first had great difficulty in getting established, but the town of Jacksonville, Illinois, where the Hospital was built, rallied to make it a more humane and person-centered institution. The Hospital's leaders, too, attempted, within the constraints of their time, to treat their patients with respect. But, at a time when mental illness was still not well understood some patients were tortured and imprisoned, even though they were not insane, even by 19th century standards. What is revealed in Untold History is an institution that struggled, much like today's institutions do, to address the needs of those living with mental illness, in a culture that did not understand it fully.Dr. Squillace traces the history of the institution from its origins in the 1840s to the 1930s, outlining the various treatments administered at the institution. The book demonstrates that the institution was deeply embedded in the larger community, rife with tangled and notorious Illinois politics. Sadly, many unknown and forgotten people were buried unceremoniously in potter's fields after dark. Macabre stories ensue. The Untold History of the First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane provides a tangible connection to a rural Illinois county's struggle with treating mental illness as the medical community's understanding of it developed throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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