The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

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 acre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webster, J.P
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2013.
Series:Landmarks.
Subjects:
Philadelphia State Hospital (Pa.)
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
History
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Table of 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

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