Experiences in the Insane Hospital of Alabama.

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To many, asylums are a relic of a bygone era. State governments took steps between 1950 and 1990 to minimize the involuntary confinement of people in psychiatri

"In his witty and warm history of Worcester State Hospital, founded in 1833 as the first state insane asylum in this nation, Dr. Enoch Callaway reflects not jus

This is my story from being sane to committed. I hope it helps you gain an inside perspective of the Revolving door of the mentally ill.