Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by d
Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by d
The process of American psychiatric care started with the development of lunatic asylums during the early nineteenth century. There were 122 state-supported lunatic asylums opened in the United States