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Author Webster, J.P

Title The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry
Published Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2013

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Description 1 online resource (138 p.)
Series Landmarks
Landmarks
Contents Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Mental Healthcare in the Quaker City: The Origins of Byberry -- 2. The Blockley Colony at Byberry Farms: Philly's Funny Farm -- 3. Building Bedlam: The Crooked Construction Process -- 4. The Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases: The City Years -- 5. The Philadelphia State Hospital: The State Years -- 6. The New Approach: Deinstitutionalization at Byberry -- 7. The End of an Era: The Closure of PSH -- 8. The Rediscovery of a Discarded Past: The Years of Abandon -- Sources
Summary The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporated into the city, and the Philadelphia Hospital dubbed its new venture Byberry City Farms. From the start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity--many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. Join author J.P. Webster as he explores the fascinating and complex history of the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Philadelphia State Hospital (Pa.)
SUBJECT Philadelphia State Hospital (Pa.) fast
Subject People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania -- Byberry
Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Byberry -- History
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Byberry -- History
Mentally ill -- Care
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care
Psychiatric hospitals
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781625845351
1625845359