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 I pledge… (Submitted by Carson Berrier)
+) On page 224, it is mentioned that due to the overcrowding of St. Elizabeth’s and the attempts to recruit and retain more employees, the federal government stopped sending veterans to St. Elizabeth’s to help the overcrowding. One thing I’ve always wondered about overcrowding is where to the patients go that do not get access to the overcrowded institution? Would they go to another federally funded institution or just wait until there was availability?
+) Related to the above question, would a white veteran have taken precedent over a black veteran to gain access to St. Elizabeth’s? If there was intense overcrowding and it did become a waitlist situation, would it be first come first serve or would the racial injustice spread to admittance as well?
+ I pledge... submitted by Mallory Karnei
+. This isn't exactly a question––more of a discussion point––, but I was curious what everyone thought about the fact that up until the 1930s, people were institutionalized through public opinion. As Summers mentions, random juries often decided if someone was insane, and a prolonged battle occurred even partially to repeal this.
+. Would you say the 1930's mental hygiene initiative in DC (through facilities like St. Elizabeth's) was a well-intentioned idea with some inherent racial flaws or intentionally segregationist from its inception? Would you say it overall helped the local black community by fostering a relationship between those needing help and social workers? Or did the whole system perpetuate the idea that black Americans were more mentally unwell?
+Submitted by Theron Gertz.     I pledge...