History of Mental Health in the US
UMW Fall 2023
While reading Crazy this week, I wanted to find more information on the book’s author, Pete Earley. While searching, I came across an article that he wrote for the Washington Post earlier this year about the state of mental hospitals in Virginia. He explains that these hospitals are running out of space and can no …
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Throughout the topic of mental health in United States history, there is a consensus that people with mental health disorders either feel like they do not fit in with society, society does not accept them, or both. Even in the 21st-century, people still see the topic of mental health as unspeakable. According to Dr. Alexander …
Here is the link to my project:
http://historyofmentalheatlhinus.audreys2010.com/blog/ptsd-project/
For our readings this week we read Jonathan Metzl’s The Protest Psychosis. I found this clip from CSPAN’s Book TV of Metzl giving a presentation on his findings that are discussed in the book. The presentation, given at the University of Michigan, he discusses his initial plans for the book and the findings that we …
In Grob’s reading for this week, we read about Rosemary Kennedy and her sister Eunice Shriver. Eunice Shriver was a big proponent of mental health care and awareness. She started Camp Shriver as a way to show people with mental health issues that they are just as talented as anyone else. At the camp they …
For my project, I plan on creating a digitally enhanced essay on PTSD in students who have survived school shootings. I will be focusing on three different shootings for the project: Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Parkland. I will be researching how the topic of PTSD in school shooting victims has changed over time. My research …
While looking for information on the book we are reading for class tomorrow, I came across an interview of the author, Susanna Kaysen, herself. The interview, written by Tara Wanda Merrigan, comes twenty-five years after Kaysen first published her autobiography. During the interview Kaysen discusses some misconceptions that some readers took from the book and …
The Link to my proposal is below
http://historyofmentalheatlhinus.audreys2010.com/blog/proposal/
When we talked about Nellie Bly this week in class, it made me think about what first introduced me to her and her work. Below I have a clip from the Comedy Central show Drunk History about Nellie Bly. The clip gives a rundown of her ten days in the asylum but in a funnier …
While I was looking at news articles about nineteenth-century asylums, I came across this Time’s article about Elizabeth Packard. We read about her in chapter four of Gonaver’s book. Packard was wrongly confined by her husband because she had differing religious beliefs from him. The article was written by Kate Moore who gives a little …
