Hanging Onto Sanity As State Hospital Staff

Conditions inside state hospitals did not change to any appreciable degree during the 100 years before 1959. That is the year the writer was introduced to the state system. During the next 45 years all institutionalized mentally challenged and most mentally ill individuals were discharged from state institutions. This easy-reading book will give the reader some perception about how the staff, who cared for patients and carried out daily tasks, dealt with conflicting administrative and state directives that often were impossible to carry out. HANGING ONTO SANITY AS STATE HOSPITAL STAFF gives an insider's view of individual incidents that took place inside Minnesota state hospitals during the forty-three years the author was employed in various positions within the organization. Some are comical and others are deplorable and graphic. How can an entire department justify manipulation 'therapy' to get even with another department? Why did compassionate employees feel that pay of one dollar per month for productive workers was too much? Why would thirty-five patients be left without any staff supervision? Why were all but one naked? Why would a patient not turn to his left for many years? Were patients treated like trained chickens? Should mentally challenged individuals be treated like adults or like children? Why were people with epilepsy institutionalized with mentally ill or mentally challenged? Do the mentally challenged live a happier and more productive life insided or outside institutions?
ASIN: 1607257424
VSKU: BVV.1607257424.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Rod Brixius|Brenda Weber|Dennis Vanderpoel
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use