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Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997 By Sarah C. Sitton
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-10
0890968594
ISBN-13
9780890968598
eBay Product ID (ePID)
318237
Product Key Features
Book Title
Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), General, Psychiatry / General, History
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Psychology, History, Medical
Book Series
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
98-045348
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
82
Dewey Decimal
362.2/1/0976431
Synopsis
The nineteenth-century "cult of curability" engendered the optimistic belief that mental illness could be cured under ideal conditions--removal from the stresses of everyday life to asylum, a pleasant, well-regulated environment where healthy meals, daily exercise, and social contact were the norm. This utopian view led to the reform and establishment of lunatic asylums throughout the United States. The Texas State Lunatic Asylum (later called the Austin State Hospital) followed national trends, and its history documents national mental health practices in microcosm. Drawing on diverse sources--patient records from the nineteenth century, papers and reports of the institution's various superintendents, transcripts of interviews of former employees, newspaper accounts, personal memoirs, and interviews--Sarah C. Sitton has recreated what life in "our little town" was like from the institution's opening in 1861 to its de-institutionalization in the 1980s and 1990s. For more than a century, the asylum community resembled a self-sufficient village complete with its own blacksmith shop, icehouse, movie theater, brass band, baseball team, and undertakers. Beautifully landscaped grounds and gravel lanes attracted locals for Sunday carriage drives. Patients tended livestock, tilled gardens, helped prepare meals, and cleaned wards. Their routines might include weekly dances and religious services, as well as cold tubs, paraldehyde, and electroshock. Employees, from the superintendent on down, lived on the grounds, and their children grew up "with inmates for playmates." While the superintendent exercised almost feudal power, deciding if staff could date or marry, a multigenerational "clan" of several interlinked families controlled its day-to-day operations for decades. With the current emphasis on community-based care for the mentally ill and the negative consequences of de-institutionalization increasingly apparent, the debate on how best to care for the state's--and the nation's--mentally ill continues. This examination offers historical and practical insights which will be of interest to practitioners and policy makers in the field of mental health as well as to individuals interested in the history of the state of Texas.
LC Classification Number
RC445.T4A817 1999
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