Gather The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases From A State Hospital Attic Developed By Darby Penney File
book. Okay if you are wanting information about this topic These stories are heart wrenching and fascinating, I pray the author writes a second book and explores even stories hidden within the dusty suitcases, Sad but amazing book A requested book at our library, Thank you. This book puts in to perspective how much we have advanced in psychiatric care in the last century, After reading this i fully understand the stigma and fear people had of acknowledging any mental illness they or family had, When you learn of some of the patients histories A great book to read for sure, Very sad how some of these poor patients were treated I didn't find this book nearly as interesting as its subject suggested it would be.
There was so little information about the actual mental states, behaviour, and personalities of the suitcase people that I
felt I was barely grazing the surface of the stories almost like The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylumthe sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives Darby Penney and Peter Stastnys careful historical almost archaeological and biographical reconstructions give us unique insight into these lives which would otherwise be lost and, indeed, unimaginable to the rest of us Oliver SacksFascinating The haunting thing about the suitcase owners is that its so easy to identify with them NewsweekWhen Willard State Hospital closed its doors in , after operating as one of New York States largest mental institutions for over years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered Using the possessions found in these suitcases along with institutional records and doctors notes from patient sessions, Darby Penney, a leading advocate of patients rights, and Peter Stastny, a psychiatrist and documentary filmmaker, were able to reconstruct the lives of ten patients who resided at Willard during the first half of the twentieth century The Lives They Left Behind tells their story In addition to these human portraits, the book contains over photographs as well as valuable historical background on how this state funded institution operated As it restores the humanity of the individuals it so poignantly evokes, The Lives They Left Behind reveals the vast historical inadequacies of a psychiatric system that has yet to heal itself some of his books are a fascination for readers like in the The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic book, this is one of the most wanted Darby Penney author readers around the world.
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