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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Darby Penney

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The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives.

More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients’ belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. They are skillfully examined here and compared to the written record to create a moving—and devastating—group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.

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Pages:: 205 pages

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Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1934137073

ISBN13:: 9781934137079

kindle Asin:: B0097DHREI

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Darby Penney

3.69/5 (2590 ratings)

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The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives.

More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients’ belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. They are skillfully examined here and compared to the written record to create a moving—and devastating—group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.

Format:

Pages:: 205 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1934137073

ISBN13:: 9781934137079

kindle Asin:: B0097DHREI

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