Hometown Asylum

Download Hometown Asylum full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Hometown Asylum ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Hometown Asylum

Author : Jack Martin
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 152558975X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Hometown Asylum by : Jack Martin

Download or read book Hometown Asylum written by Jack Martin and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in 1911, and for many years, the Alberta Hospital Ponoka, or AHP, was the largest and highest-population psychiatric institution in the Western Canadian Province of Alberta. It was also located on the outskirts of Jack Martin’s hometown, and his father was employed there, which means that its story and Martin’s intersect in varied and interesting ways. In Hometown Asylum, Martin explores the Hospital’s history, along with some of his own. In this journey, Martin considers past and contemporary issues in mental health services and treatments from the perspectives of those receiving them, those attempting to provide them, and the citizens whose attitudes and tax dollars inevitably guide and contribute to these efforts. In telling the history of the Alberta Hospital Ponoka, this book describes a wide and varied range of treatments for those suffering mental disorders, and examines how societies, past and present, have responded to the challenges of caring for them. As a part of this, Martin raises questions about the nature of mental illness, the efficacy and ethics of treatments offered, the rights of the mentally ill, and the obligations and manner of their care.

A Town Untangled

Author : S. Sully D. S. Sully
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440190798
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Town Untangled by : S. Sully D. S. Sully

Download or read book A Town Untangled written by S. Sully D. S. Sully and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter how mediocre or mundane, all hometowns have a storied past; neither mine nor yours is an exception. Be forewarned that you will encounter organized crime, religious strife, environmental disaster, romantic heartbreak, cultural chaos, and communal calamity, so, just deal with it! Historically accurate rather than politically correct, these harrowing accounts might raise a few hackles, foster a gaggle of goose bumps, and rekindle awkward moments. This saga begins in an old main street mansion serving as a childhood home. It then progresses to the parochial cultivation of church and school. Next are the peer-pressure pathways through the surrounding neighborhoods. And last, this journey meanders beyond the outskirts where anything can happen. Maybe we have something in common. There's a possibility that eccentric elders, spooky neighbors, and mysterious others existed where you grew up. Perhaps reclusive cemeteries, moonshiners, and brothels remained discreet while overindulged citizens, oversized cops, and over-zealous teachers got plenty of attention. And for sure, at least one local residence served as a sideshow salvage yard. Although you may have outgrown your hometown, its cockamamie collection of memories continues to reside in your mind and soul. These recollections will now be triggered by venturing into A Town Untangled.

Hometown Tales: Glasgow

Author : Kirsty Logan
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474606016
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Hometown Tales: Glasgow by : Kirsty Logan

Download or read book Hometown Tales: Glasgow written by Kirsty Logan and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home. In these pages on Glasgow, you'll find two unique memoirs. 'The Old Asylum in the Woods' is an intimate, intensely moving account of growing up in the shadow of Woodilee Hospital by author of The Gracekeepers and The Gloaming, Kirsty Logan. 'Glasgow Sang' is a deeply personal journey on foot through the city, from Kelvin Way Bridge to George Square to the statue of La Pasionaria, by Paul McQuade.

Immigration Questions & Answers

Author : Carl R. Baldwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621537579
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Immigration Questions & Answers by : Carl R. Baldwin

Download or read book Immigration Questions & Answers written by Carl R. Baldwin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive, User-Friendly Guide for Anyone Planning to Live Temporarily or Permanently in the United States The process of acquiring and retaining the right to visit or live in the United States is an interesting and complex subject. US immigration laws have not changed very much during the Trump administration, and yet the experience of immigrating to the United States has definitely been affected by it. In this concise primer, first conceived and designed as a how-to resource for would-be “green card” holders in the 1990s, the process of getting and keeping a visa is explained and updated in this new edition. In simple terms, the authors provide a breakdown of the most important topics in this area with useful examples. With over thirty years of experience practicing law, co-author Humberto S. Dominguez adds valuable insights and observations to this increasingly important topic. The road to legal residence in the United States can be a tricky and elusive endeavor. Immigration Questions & Answers, Fourth Edition, will guide you every step of the way, with a down-to-earth approach and invaluable advice. Chapters cover topics such as: Obtaining a short-term visa Political asylum Temporary Protected Status DACA for Dreamers The visa lottery Helping your spouse get a green card Removing conditions on residence Visa processing Ways to become a US citizen Persons who hope to visit or live in the United States and even lawyers unfamiliar with immigration law and practice will benefit from this basic guide. People facing particular difficulties in this area, who may ultimately need the assistance of an immigration lawyer, will also benefit from learning the bare essentials.

Neoliberalism, Ethics and the Social Responsibility of Psychology

Author : Heather Macdonald
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000604551
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Neoliberalism, Ethics and the Social Responsibility of Psychology by : Heather Macdonald

Download or read book Neoliberalism, Ethics and the Social Responsibility of Psychology written by Heather Macdonald and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume encompasses deeply critical dialogues that question how the field of psychology exists within and is shaped by the current neoliberal political context. Spanning from psychoanalysis to post-colonial theory, these far-reaching discussions consider how a greater ethical responsiveness to human experience and sociopolitical arrangements may reopen the borders of psychological discourse. With the understanding that psychology grows in the soil of neoliberal terrain and is a chief fertilizer for neoliberal expansion, the interviews in this book explore alternative possibilities for how this field of study might function. By offering their own unique responses regarding the current condition of their respective disciplines, these scholars critically consider the current conceptual frameworks that set the theoretical boundaries of psychology, and contemplate the ethical responsibility currently affecting the field. This book will prove essential for scholars and students across several disciplines including psychology, philosophy, ethics, and post-colonial and socio-cultural studies, as well as practising mental health professionals with an interest in the importance of psychological social theory.

From Bethune's Birthplace To The PR China

Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304505146
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (45 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis From Bethune's Birthplace To The PR China by : Martin Avery

Download or read book From Bethune's Birthplace To The PR China written by Martin Avery and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bethune's Birthplace to the PR China is book #1 in the 100 book series called The Great Wall Of China Books. It describes the first step in the journey made by Canadian author and educator Martin Avery from Norman Bethune's hometown to the People's Republic of China.

Asylum

Author : Jeannette de Beauvoir
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250045398
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Asylum by : Jeannette de Beauvoir

Download or read book Asylum written by Jeannette de Beauvoir and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working with the police department to protect Montreal's reputation in the wake of serial killings, mayoral PR director Martine LeDuc partners with a young detective to uncover a decades-old tragedy involving psychological experiments performed on orphaned children.

From Scientific Psychology to the Study of Persons

Author : Jack Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000200957
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis From Scientific Psychology to the Study of Persons by : Jack Martin

Download or read book From Scientific Psychology to the Study of Persons written by Jack Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a critical, personalized approach to reframing the discipline of psychology through a singular narrative in the form of a memoir written by a successful research psychologist. In this book we follow Martin’s unique career, which has allowed him to understand and adopt different perspectives and ways of approaching psychology, from working in applied areas like educational and counseling psychology to more specialized areas like theory and history of psychology. His journey through and within the field describes his movement away from scientifically based psychology, which views teachings and interventions to be primarily underwritten by hard scientific evidence. Martin exposes the flaws in this approach and highlights the importance of focusing on the study of persons in their life contexts over the use of aggregated group results to ensure that the discipline survives and flourishes. This is an impactful and universally applicable book with valuable insights for students and scholars of psychology today, particularly those studying history of psychology, theoretical psychology, and philosophical psychology.

Songs of Resilience

Author : Andy Brader
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443827592
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Songs of Resilience by : Andy Brader

Download or read book Songs of Resilience written by Andy Brader and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters of this book form a persuasive chorus of social practices that advocate the use of music to build a capacity for resilience in individuals and groups. As a whole they exemplify music projects that share common features aligned with an ecological view of reform in health, education and social work systems. Internationally renowned and early career academics have collaborated with practitioners to sing ‘Songs of Resilience’; some of which are narratives that report on the effects of music practices for a general population, and some are based on a specific approach, genre or service. Others are quite literally ‘songs’ that demonstrate aspects of resilience in action. The book makes the connection between music and resilience explicit by posing the following questions—Do music projects in education, health and social services build a measurable capacity for resilience amongst individuals? Can we replicate these projects’ outcomes to develop a capacity for resilience in diverse cultural groups? Does shared use of the term ‘resilience’ help to secure funding for innovative musical activities that provide tangible health, education and social outcomes?

Order in the Universe

Author : Robert Cumbow
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0585383022
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Order in the Universe by : Robert Cumbow

Download or read book Order in the Universe written by Robert Cumbow and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002-07-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An obscure independent filmmaker until Halloween (1978), John Carpenter has been applauded for his classic sense of compositions, yet reviled for his "B-film" sensibility. This second edition of the first book-length analysis finds in Carpenter's films a vision of a profound but unexpected order in the universe. The author analyzes Carpenter's early independent work, his made-for-television movies, his big Hollywood films (The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Stephen King's Christine, Starman), his more recent independent work (Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, They Live), and his contributions to films he did not direct. This edition fully updates the 1990 edition with attention to the films made since that date. With a chronology of Carpenter's career, a detailed filmography, photos, brief plot synopses, and a thorough index, this volume will be treasured by film scholars and fans alike.

Studies of Life Positioning

Author : Jack Martin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040048110
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Studies of Life Positioning by : Jack Martin

Download or read book Studies of Life Positioning written by Jack Martin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates how Life Positioning Analysis can be used as a theoretical and methodological approach to sociocultural psychobiography. Life positioning psychobiography studies lives as they unfold within a world of interactivity. It recognizes and portrays us as social beings embedded and developing within our life relationships and circumstances and striving to make something of our lives. Here, Jack Martin presents both single-subject and dual-subject studies of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, existential humanist Ernest Becker, American heiress and child advocate Dorothy Burlingham and her life partner, renowned psychoanalyst Anna Freud, and indigenous athlete Jim Thorpe and his college coach Glenn “Pop” Warner. These case studies provide vividly memorable demonstrations of how we are positioned by circumstances and others, and come to position ourselves as socioculturally constituted, psychological persons. In so doing, they offer a systematic framework for studying the lives of people that shows sociocultural and social psychological development without resorting to mentalistic theories, concepts, and interpretations. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in areas related to sociocultural and developmental psychology, the psychology and sociology of personhood, theoretical psychology, qualitative methodology, and social science and life writing more generally.

The End of the Beginning

Author : Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467457302
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The End of the Beginning by : Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos

Download or read book The End of the Beginning written by Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End of the Beginning presents a chapter-by-chapter interpretation of Joshua and Judges, based on the author’s translation. Johanna van Wijk-Bos accompanies the reader through the story of Israel from the entry into Canaan up to the time of Samuel. van Wijk-Bos weaves together the memories of ancient Israel’s past into a story that speaks to the traumatic context of postexilic Judah. The books of Joshua and Judges were written for education, edification, and entertainment. Some of the stories may exhilarate us, some may appall; all will speak to the imagination if we let them. They show a people forging a path forward into an uncertain future in the hope that God will forgive past failures and begin again with them. Christians enter the stories of Israel’s past as outsiders, while at the same time claiming a bond with the same God. We expect more from the text than lessons of the past intended for a different people. These are not our stories, but we too hope for insight and for a guiding word in our own uncertain future. This is the first volume of A People and a Land, a multi-volume work on the historical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings.

Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean

Author : Anselm C. Hagedorn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191626252
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean by : Anselm C. Hagedorn

Download or read book Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean written by Anselm C. Hagedorn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How was it possible that Greeks often wrote their laws on the walls of their temples, but - in contrast to other ancient societies - never transformed these written civic laws into a religious law? Did it matter whether laws were inscribed in stone, clay, or on a scroll? And above all, how did written law shape a society in which the majority population was illiterate? This volume addresses the similarities and differences in the role played by law and religion in various societies across the Eastern Mediterranean. Bringing together a collection of 14 essays from scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, Qumran, Elephantine, the Nabateans, and the early Arab world, it also approaches these subjects in an all-encompassing manner, looking in detail at the notion of law and religion in the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole in both the geographical as well as the historical space.

Refugees in The Netherlands

Author : Adib Abdulmajid
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN 13 : 946301215X
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Refugees in The Netherlands by : Adib Abdulmajid

Download or read book Refugees in The Netherlands written by Adib Abdulmajid and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the impacts of preconceived opinions and beliefs of asylum seekers and refugees on their life in the Netherlands, and how their attitudes towards integration influence their life in the new host country. It examines the motivations, attitudes and integration of refugees, primarily of Middle Eastern origins, in the Netherlands. The findings it provides the reader with are outcomes of an in-depth ethnographic research. Supported by portraits of several asylum seekers and refugees, this book dives deep into a poorly investigated area of research. The topic covered by this book emerges at a moment when issues of immigration and integration became growing and undeniable challenges for Western European countries, and The Netherlands is no exception. The content of this book might be of interest to fellow citizens, scholars, academics and policy-makers alike.

Nations of Emigrants

Author : Susan Bibler Coutin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801463513
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Nations of Emigrants by : Susan Bibler Coutin

Download or read book Nations of Emigrants written by Susan Bibler Coutin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The violence and economic devastation of the 1980–1992 civil war in El Salvador drove as many as one million Salvadorans to enter the United States, frequently without authorization. In Nations of Emigrants, the legal anthropologist Susan Bibler Coutin analyzes the case of emigration from El Salvador to the United States to consider how current forms of migration challenge conventional understandings of borders, citizenship, and migration itself. Interviews with policymakers and activists in El Salvador and the United States are juxtaposed with Salvadoran emigrants' accounts of their journeys to the United States, their lives in this country, and, in some cases, their removal to El Salvador. These interviews and accounts illustrate the dilemmas that migration creates for nation-states as well as the difficulties for individuals who must live simultaneously within and outside the legal systems of two countries. During the 1980s, U.S. officials generally regarded these migrants as economic immigrants who deserved to be deported, rather than as political refugees who merited asylum. By the 1990s, these Salvadorans were made eligible for legal permanent residency, at least in part due to the lives that they had created in the United States. Remarkably, this redefinition occurred during a period when more restrictive immigration policies were being adopted by the U.S. government. At the same time, Salvadorans in the United States, who send relatives more than $3 billion in remittances annually, have become a focus of policymaking in El Salvador and are considered key to its future.

Billboard

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Billboard by :

Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-06-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

The Man Who Closed the Asylums

Author : John Foot
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784784168
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Man Who Closed the Asylums by : John Foot

Download or read book The Man Who Closed the Asylums written by John Foot and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the wind of the 1960s blew through the world of psychiatry In 1961, when Franco Basaglia arrived outside the grim walls of the Gorizia asylum, on the Italian border with Yugoslavia, it was a place of horror, a Bedlam for the mentally sick and excluded, redolent of Basaglia’s own wartime experience inside a fascist gaol. Patients were frequently restrained for long periods, and therapy was largely a matter of electric and insulin shocks. The corridors stank, and for many of the interned the doors were locked for life. This was a concentration camp, not a hospital. Basaglia, the new Director, was expected to practise all the skills of oppression in which he had been schooled, but he would have none of this. The place had to be closed down by opening it up from the inside, bringing freedom and democracy to the patients, the nurses and the psychiatrists working in that “total institution.” Inspired by the writings of authors such as Primo Levi, R.D. Laing, Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon, and the practices of experimental therapeutic communities in the UK, Basaglia’s seminal work as a psychiatrist and campaigner in Gorizia, Parma and Trieste fed into and substantially contributed to the national and international movement of 1968. In 1978 a law was passed (the “Basaglia law”) which sanctioned the closure of the entire Italian asylum system. The first comprehensive study of this revolutionary approach to mental health care, The Man Who Closed the Asylums is a gripping account of one of the most influential movements in twentieth-century psychiatry, which helped to transform the way we see mental illness. Basaglia’s work saved countless people from a miserable existence, and his legacy persists, as an object lesson in the struggle against the brutality and ignorance that the establishment peddles to the public as common sense.