Moran, James E. “Asylum in the Community: Managing the Insane in Antebellum America”. History of Psychiatry, vol. 9, no. 34, 1998, pp. 217-40, https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154x9800903405.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Moran, James E.
Date Issued
1998
Abstract

Discusses primary sources, including court case records of the New Jersey State archives, to gain a better perspective on the diversity of community responses to insanity in antebellum America.

Note

US

Sage Publications

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • Rural Environments
  • Mental Illness (Attitudes Toward)
  • History
  • Community Attitudes
  • Residential Care Institutions
Page range
217-240
Host Title
History of Psychiatry
Volume
9
Issue
34
ISSN
1740-2360
0957-154X