Wright - Getting Out of the Asylum Flashcards
1
Q
Why were new institutions a disaster? (Wright)
A
- Dramatic increase of patients
- Spiralling costs
1
Q
Whats the connection between new profession (psychiatry) and condinement? (Wright)
A
- Medical superintendents played central role in confinement
- incompetence of superintends. led to people confined for very long time
- Asylum is the primary focus of care
2
Q
What was the turnover rate (Wright)
A
- High, 40-60% stayed less than 12 months
- Due to high population of long-stay residences –> less beds –> no one new wanted to stay for long
3
Q
4 social role propositions of asylums (Wright)
A
- Doctors had little say in admission/discharge
- Most inmates admitted by family
- Most patients admitted for short periods of time
- Theory that medicalization precipitated confinement is unproven
4
Q
Family Reasoning (Wright)
A
- Use of strategic household formation
- Asylums were better than boarding out/abandoning
- Asylums are culturally acceptable places for dumping unwanted individuals
