Our friend at the History Workshop podcast, historian Marybeth Hamilton, interviews Regina Kunzel about her new book, "In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life"
Institutionalization for mental illness was used for behavior control. "Quiet down and behave yourself or we'll put you in the nuthouse." What's described here is just one variant of the whole phenomenon.
Institutionalization for mental illness was used for behavior control. "Quiet down and behave yourself or we'll put you in the nuthouse." What's described here is just one variant of the whole phenomenon.
It sends chills through me to see the photo of that facility. I will definitely listen.