Gracefully insane : life and death inside America's premier mental hospital
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Author
Beam, Alex.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2001.
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Book
Physical Desc
273 pages : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Status
On Shelf
Benson Memorial Library
362.21 BEA
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McLean Hospital (Mass.) -- History.
Mental illness -- History.
Mentally ill -- Institutional care.
Psychiatric hospitals -- History.

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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2001.
Language
English

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Includes index.
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McLean Hospital is one of the most famous, most elite, and was among the most luxurious mental institutions in America. In its "golden age," McLean provided as gracious and gentle an environment for the treatment of mental illness as one could imagine. Gracefully Insane chronicles the hopes and failures of psychology and psychotherapy, the evolution of attitudes about mental illness, and the economic pressures that are making McLean, and other institutions like it, relics of a bygone age.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Beam, A. (2001). Gracefully insane: life and death inside America's premier mental hospital . PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beam, Alex. 2001. Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital. PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beam, Alex. Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital PublicAffairs, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Beam, Alex. Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital PublicAffairs, 2001.

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