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Heather Murray, "Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Exploring Asylum and Mental Health Narratives

This chapter discusses the cultural and intellectual history of mental illness in 20th century America, focusing on the evolution of societal views on psychiatry. It highlights the author's research process, personal reflections, and the significance of archival materials, while examining the transformation of asylum patients' experiences and the impact of deinstitutionalization.

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