Camarillo State Hospital - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Evelyn S. Taylor, Mary E. HoltSeries:Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)Publish date:2019-06-03Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540239099ISBN-10:1540239098UPC:9781540239099Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:United States, History, PsychiatryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC4YBB3BZ0
Camarillo State Hospital
Camarillo State Hospital, affectionately known as "Cam," officially opened its doors in 1936, during a time when the California State Commission in Lunacy oversaw the treatment and care of those deemed mentally ill. A pioneering research institution in autism and schizophrenia, Cam achieved notoriety as one of two state institutions that accommodated children and as the first state hospital to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540239099ISBN-10:1540239098UPC:9781540239099Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:United States, History, PsychiatryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC4YBB3BZ0
Taylor, Evelyn S.: - This book is a pictorial reflection of Cam's rapid expansion as the largest state hospital west of the Mississippi to the shuttering of its doors 60 years later. After having earned a master's degree in history, with an emphasis in archives, Evelyn S. Taylor became the first archivist for California State University Channel Islands, Cam's former location, in 2000; there, she...
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