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Author Camp, Joseph, 1811-

Title An insight into an insane asylum / Joseph Camp ; with an introduction by John S. Hughes and a biographical note on Peter Bryce by Robert O. Mellown
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (134 pages)
Series The library of Alabama classics
Library of Alabama classics.
Contents Introduction / John S. Hughes -- My Ancestors -- Insane Hospital -- Becoming Acquainted with the Inmates -- Mr. Perkins -- The Wardmasters and Mistresses -- Mr. Perkins's Rebuke -- Friarson and Jones -- The First Man Ever in the Asylum -- Nuckles's Church-Letter -- My Son's Arrival -- Writ of Habeas Corpus -- Massingale and Steadmire -- The Asylum -- Mr. Ford -- Settlement in Alabama -- Coffee -- The Discovery of Alabama by De Soto -- First Settlers of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana -- The Slave, His Adaptation to the Southern Climate and for Labor -- Early Days in Georgia and Alabama -- Stern Morality Demanded by Public Opinion -- The Slave-Trade -- Camp-Meetings -- The Memories of Childhood -- Eli Bynum -- Biographical Note on Peter Bryce / Robert O. Mellown
Summary "In 1881, Joseph Camp, an elderly and self-trained Methodist minister from Talladega County in eastern Alabama, was brought by his family to BryceHospital, an insane asylum in Tuscaloosa, where he remained for over five months. Camp, misled by relatives concerning the purpose of the trip, was shocked and angered at his loss of freedom and his treatment in the hospital. After his release, he composed an account of his stay and published it at his own expense, providing a rare glimpse of 19th century mental health care from a patient's viewpoint. Camp's account reveals his naive trust in others, but also a sharp and retentive memory. Camp is remarkably accurate in his account of the details of his treatment and the operation and staff of the hospital, although his emotional assessments reflect his unhappiness with his situation. Adding to the importance of Camp's account is the fact that in the 19th century Bryce was considered a remarkably humane institution focused on recovery. Camp provides a glimpse into how treatment for the insane felt to the recipient."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Camp, Joseph, 1811- -- Mental health
SUBJECT Camp, Joseph, b. 1811
Camp, Joseph, 1811-
Camp, Joseph, 1811- fast
Subject Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
SUBJECT Alabama Insane Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) fast
Subject Psychiatric hospital patients -- Alabama -- Tuscaloosa -- Biography
Psychiatric hospitals.
Patients.
Mental illness -- Treatment.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention.
Patients -- Alabama -- Autobiography
Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Alabama -- Autobiography
Commitment of Mentally Ill -- Alabama -- Autobiography
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- Alabama -- Autobiography
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Patients
Mental Disorders -- therapy
Commitment of Mentally Ill
psychiatric hospitals.
patients.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
Psychiatric hospitals
Patients
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
Mental illness -- Treatment
Mental health
Psychiatric hospital patients
SUBJECT Alabama
Subject Alabama -- Tuscaloosa
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Hughes, John S., 1954- writer of introduction
LC no. 2010020154
ISBN 9780817385330
0817385339
9780817356514
0817356517