Posted by Blue Cheer 1 on February 16, 2002, at 4:48:21
In reply to Psychiatric art site - very interesting!, posted by Alan on February 15, 2002, at 11:26:55
> http://balder.prohosting.com/~agpa/mupsyeum.shtml
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> Peruse the art and drug advertisements of the past and present for your favorite drug...
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> AlanWow! A picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it? That was *fantastic*. Some of those bizarre pictures make you wonder if Van Gogh's still around. I still don't get the Tofranil "person," but I can recall another weird Depakote journal ad (maybe it's still around) that depicted an unfortunate individual with his brain on fire. :) The links to the hospitals are great, too. Farview Hospital for the Criminally Insane (a horrific place where patients/inmates were often brutalized) was closed after the Philadelphia Inquirer reported an expose Pulitzer Prize winning series about it back in the late 70's. The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital was closed about 5 years ago because insurance stopped paying for lengthy stays. There was a write-up about it in the American Journal of Psychiatry, and it was a shame it closed because it was one of the best psychiatric hospitals anywhere. It actually had its own museum,and the place was like a mansion inside. I was surprised to see that book about the asylums because less than a month ago I was reading parts of it in a college library (while looking for the obsessional music articles). Much of the book is an account of the history of the American Psychiatric Association, and the author describes in detail how a group of about 10 doctors founded it and how it evolved; how they improved conditions, gave the "lunatic asylums" appealing names, and marketed it as was necessary in those times.
Blue
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