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The Perception and Treatment of Insanity in Southern Appalachia
… the nineteenth century, the perceived ability of alienists (the early term for mental health specialists) to cure insanity eventually led to lavishly-constructed insane asylums supported by taxpayers. Simultaneously, the hope of a cure and a changing attitude toward insanity helped destigmatize …
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Sin and Sanity in Nineteenth-century America
… explores the writings of nineteenth-century alienists, trial transcripts, gallows sermons, newspaper coverage of sensational trials, an inmate literary magazine, and the American Journal of Insanity. It argues that moral insanity as a concept functioned not, as sometimes argued, as a …