Why We Do What We Do

109 | The Downfall of Mental Hospitals | Why We Do What We Do


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The setting: terrible hospital conditions and a poor understanding of mental health disorders. The solution: move patients out of the hospitals and into the... jail? Street? A bus to another state? Yep. Learn all about the process of deinstitutionalizing mental hospitals in the mid-20th century.
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