{"product_id":"kentuckys-first-asylum-alma-wynelle-deese-9781462073054","title":"Kentucky's First Asylum: A Saga of the People and Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author \u003cb\u003eAlma Wynelle Deese\u003c\/b\u003e explores this issue by dissecting the inner workings of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Kentucky's first asylum and the second state-supported asylum to be established in the United States. She describes the people who were involved in the creation and maintenance of a medical school, law department, and lunatic asylum in Lexington, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing historical data, Deese presents a fictionalized narrative to explore this institution's history from 1817 to the 1990s-including a chapter dedicated to 1906, a pivotal year for Eastern Kentucky Asylum. That year, four employees were charged in the murder of a patient, and this incident set the stage for the past and present history of this facility. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKentucky's First Asylum\u003c\/i\u003e provides a historical understanding of one early asylum that became a state hospital and serves to give broader context for the understanding of the current mental health system. It provides a platform to better comprehend the problems and processes of American psychiatric care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alma Wynelle Deese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462073050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462073054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Alma Wynelle Deese","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066425045247,"sku":"9781462073054","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f42c2965-5351-4400-a7b1-15fac95aa773.jpg?v=1685407194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kentuckys-first-asylum-alma-wynelle-deese-9781462073054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}