Author: National Association for the Protection of the Insane and the Prevention of Insanity

Publisher: Ayer Publishing

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 9780405119309

This volume contains the constitution, by-laws and selected papers of the National Association for the Protection of the Insane and the Prevention of Insanity, an organization formed in the 1880's to protest the harsh treatment given to the institutionalized insane. The volume illustrates the tensions within American psychiatry as it moved into the modern era.