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Kings Park Psychiatric Center / L.F. Blanchard and Tammy Rebello ; foreword by Leo P. Ostebo and Joann Galletta Hahn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanchard, Lynn Frances, author.
- Rebello, Tammy, author.
- Series:
- Images of Modern America Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kings Park Psychiatric Center--History.
- Kings Park Psychiatric Center.
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- Kings Park (N.Y.)--History.
- Kings Park (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishin, [2019]
- Summary:
- Kings Park Psychiatric Center, or "the Psych Center" as it is known locally, was unique for its time, as its focus was on patient care and making the hospital as "homelike" as possible.The facility was made up of a series of smaller buildings to give the feeling of community to the patients and staff alike, and both men and women were treated.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. In the Beginning
- 2. The Late 1800s
- 3. Into the 1900s
- 4. 1900-1927
- 5. The 1920s through the Modern Day.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6786-1
- OCLC:
- 1117633756
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