This past week at the University of Strathclyde, we hosted a conference called: 'Deinstitutionalization and After: Post-War Psychiatry in Global Perspective. Invited were not only historians, but also ...

The first patient is admitted to the Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds in Williamsburg, Virginia. Boston schoolteacher Dorothea Dix visits the East Cambridge Jail, where she ...

One year ago Thursday, the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, sparked an intense national debate over firearm-related violence. As some pushed for broader restrictions on the Second ...

ZAGREB, February 5, 2025 – A path is paved for over 900 children, youth, and persons with disabilities to transition from institutional care to community-based living with support. In an important ...

Based on: Nowhere to Go: The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill by Torrey E. Fuller ( New York : Harper and Row, 1988 ). 256 pp. $8.95 paper, $18.95 hardcover The sight of unkempt individuals ...

If you're looking for the worst policy failure of the last century, there's a strong case that deinstitutionalization belongs near the top of the list. Inspired by genuine idealism as well as ...