Mental Illness, Institutionalization and Oral History in Appalachia: Voices of Psychiatric Attendants

This paper is an attempt to redress the limited rendering of institutional workers through the narratives of individuals who worked as psychiatric attendants at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (SWVMHI). Despite a wealth of literature on the history of mental illness and the establishme...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Appalachian Studies. - University of Illinois Press, 1995. - 19(2013), 1/2, Seite 82-107
1. Verfasser: Schrift, Melissa (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cavender, Anthony, Hoover, Sarah
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Appalachian Studies
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Health sciences History Arts Economics