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Ah, Bedlam: Part 1
The Bedlam Book Club launches into a 2 part series about the history of the asylum in the West! Their construction, methods, and founding philosophies. Join us as we explore the early years of the asylum and learn where our name comes from!
Book recommendation: From Asylum to Prison by Anne E. Parsons
Bibliography:
Atkins, Harry. “Bedlam: The Story of Britain’s Most Infamous Asylum.” History Hit. Accessed April 19, 2023. https://www.historyhit.com/bedlam-the-story-of-britains-most-infamous-asylum/.
“Deinstitutionalization - Special Reports | The New Asylums | FRONTLINE | PBS.” Accessed July 20, 2023. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html.
Parsons, Anne E. From Asylum to Prison: Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Mass Incarceration after 1945. Justice, Power, and Politics. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
Pietikäinen, Petteri. Madness: A History. London: Routledge, 2015.
Porter, Roy. Madness: A Brief History. Nachdr. Oxford: Univ. Press, 2010.
“Prison and Asylum Reform [Ushistory.Org].” Accessed June 18, 2023. https://www.ushistory.org/us/26d.asp.
Scull, Andrew. Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015.
Whitaker, Robert. Mad In America. Audible Studios on Briliance Audible, 2014.
Yohanna, Daniel. “Deinstitutionalization of People with Mental Illness: Causes and Consequences.” AMA Journal of Ethics 15, no. 10 (October 1, 2013): 886–91. https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.10.mhst1-1310.
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By Bedlam Book ClubThe Bedlam Book Club launches into a 2 part series about the history of the asylum in the West! Their construction, methods, and founding philosophies. Join us as we explore the early years of the asylum and learn where our name comes from!
Book recommendation: From Asylum to Prison by Anne E. Parsons
Bibliography:
Atkins, Harry. “Bedlam: The Story of Britain’s Most Infamous Asylum.” History Hit. Accessed April 19, 2023. https://www.historyhit.com/bedlam-the-story-of-britains-most-infamous-asylum/.
“Deinstitutionalization - Special Reports | The New Asylums | FRONTLINE | PBS.” Accessed July 20, 2023. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html.
Parsons, Anne E. From Asylum to Prison: Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Mass Incarceration after 1945. Justice, Power, and Politics. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
Pietikäinen, Petteri. Madness: A History. London: Routledge, 2015.
Porter, Roy. Madness: A Brief History. Nachdr. Oxford: Univ. Press, 2010.
“Prison and Asylum Reform [Ushistory.Org].” Accessed June 18, 2023. https://www.ushistory.org/us/26d.asp.
Scull, Andrew. Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015.
Whitaker, Robert. Mad In America. Audible Studios on Briliance Audible, 2014.
Yohanna, Daniel. “Deinstitutionalization of People with Mental Illness: Causes and Consequences.” AMA Journal of Ethics 15, no. 10 (October 1, 2013): 886–91. https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.10.mhst1-1310.