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Sane asylums : the success of homeopathy before psychiatry lost its mind
Record details
- ISBN: 9781644114087 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
xviii, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: Rochester, Vermont : Healing Arts Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Psychiatric hospitals -- History Homeopathy -- History Mental illness -- History Mental illness -- Treatment |
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- 4 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | ANF 362.21 KANTO (Text) | TRL34291 | Entertaining Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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"Reveals the astonishing but suppressed history of homeopathic psychiatry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries"--Provided by publisher. - Simon and Schuster
⢠Examines the success of homeopathic psychiatric asylums in the United States from the 1870s until 1920
⢠Focuses on New Yorkâs Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital for the Insane, which had a treatment regime with thousands of successful outcomes
⢠Details a homeopathic blueprint for treating mental disorders based on Talcottâs methods, including nutrition and side-effect-free homeopathic prescriptions
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, homeopathy was popular across all classes of society. In the United States, there were more than 100 homeopathic hospitals, more than 1,000 homeopathic pharmacies, and 22 homeopathic medical schools. In particular, homeopathic psychiatry flourished from the 1870s to the 1930s, with thousands of documented successful outcomes in treating mental illness.
Revealing the astonishing but suppressed history of homeopathic psychiatry, Jerry M. Kantor examines the success of homeopathic psychiatric asylums in America from the postâCivil War era until 1920, including how the madness of Mary Todd Lincoln was effectively treated with homeopathy at a âsaneâ asylum in Illinois. He focuses in particular on New Yorkâs Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, where superintendent Selden Talcott oversaw a compassionate and holistic treatment regime that married Thomas Kirkbrideâs moral treatment principles to homeopathy. Kantor reveals how homeopathy was pushed aside by pharmaceuticals, which often caused more harm than good, as well as how the current critical attitude toward homeopathy has distorted the historical record.
Offering a vision of mental health care for the future predicated on a model that flourished for half a century, Kantor shows how we can improve the care and treatment of the mentally ill and stop the exponential growth of terminal mental disorder diagnoses that are rampant today.
