Convalescent Long Term Care Patients: A Study of Eight Post-Hospitalized Patients Who Are Characterized by Being Demanding and Non-Responsive, Manhattan Aftercare Clinic, 1957
Abstract
On a bright June morning in 1900, a young man attempted to commit suicide by jumping out of the fourth story window of his home. He was picked up seriously injured, but alive. For the next three years he was kept in various institutions for the insane. He was treated with an indifference and cruelty which aggravated the serious mental disease which had led to his attempt at suicide. Once, when particularly violent, he was kept in a straight-jacket for twenty-one consecutive nights. Through all this period he felt himself, as many insane patients had done, to be the victim of persecution. He vowed, as many insane patients had done, to reform the whole system.
Subject Area
Mental health|Health care management|Social work
Recommended Citation
Smith, Joseph John, "Convalescent Long Term Care Patients: A Study of Eight Post-Hospitalized Patients Who Are Characterized by Being Demanding and Non-Responsive, Manhattan Aftercare Clinic, 1957" (1958). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30557771.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30557771
