Elegant psychiatric hospital

Author: (USA) Bain
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Through extensive research and in-depth interviews, the author has acquired a detailed history of McLean, the American "aristocratic" psychiatric hospital established in the early 19th century. As its subtitle states, the book describes the "death" and "life" of this hospital and the people who once lived there. It was home to many prominent young men from New England's elite families, including Freud's disciple and friend, the future celebrated poet Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and musician Ray Charles, among others. These names, shining like stars, are intertwined with shocking terms such as prefrontal lobotomy, electroconvulsive therapy, and immersion therapy, forming an addictive "Boston psychiatric scene painting."