Evolution of a Missouri Asylum: Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006volume 1

by Barbara Brazos, Margot Ford McMillen, Richard L. Lael

Book Overview

Fulton State Hospital was not only Missouri's first state mental asylum but also the first such institution west of the Mississippi. In tracing its founding and evolution over a century and a half, this book sheds light on both a neglected aspect of the state's history and the development of mental health care in America. It acknowledges the noble aspirations of Fulton State Hospital--as well as its failures, throughout much of its existence, to transform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826220746
• ISBN13: 9780826220745
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"