The American Journal Of Insanity Volume 45

Author : New York State Lunatic Asylum
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484867153
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book The American Journal of Insanity, 1888-1889, Vol. 45 written by New York State Lunatic Asylum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Insanity, 1888-1889, Vol. 45: Edited by the Medical Officers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum Owing to the crowded state of this asylum several years ago, I had to send a considerable number of patients to other asylums, and nearly all these patients were much improved by the change. I noticed the same thing in a group of patients I took from another asylum. I firmly believe that with what we call our chronic patients, we should frequently shift them from ward to ward, change their occupation and subject them to new influences. Were I specially interested in any private patient I should, in the event of his not recovering speedily, give him a change of asylum. More interest is taken in a fresh case than an old one, and even change of sur roundings frequently stirs mental action hitherto dormant. I am stating what is, I think, universally accepted, when I say that the vast majority of recoveries in asylums take place within the first year of residence. I have looked up the returns both of this asylum for five years, and those of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for a similar period. Taking the returns of this asylum for five years ending 1887, I find that there were 316 recoveries 233within the first year, 53 under two years, and only 30 above two years' residence; that is to say, per cent recovered within the year, per cent in the period under two years, and per cent in the period above two years. In the Royal Edinburgh Asylum in a five years' period ending 1886, 617 patients recovered 533 under the year, 51 under two years, and 33 above two years; that is, per cent in the first period, per cent in the second, and per cent in the third period. It is unnecessary for me to give further evidence of what is generally allowed to be a fact, viz.: that recoveries after a period of say two years are rare, and that recovery after prolonged attacks of insanity are very rare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.