The crisis in state mental hospitals motivated Dr. Walter Freeman to devise a simple version of the lobotomy procedure, one that could be used on a mass scale. "All of a sudden America sees these ...

The PMHNP was born from the need for mental health support staff in the 1950s. Dr. Hildegard Peplau ... Over time, the CNS assumed roles at hospitals, community centers, and private practice.

The completion of a book analyzing the student volunteer program in mental hospitals was announced yesterday by James S. Dalsimer '59, Secretary of Phillips Brooks House. Tentatively titled The ...

The expectation in the United States that hospitals for the mentally ill and humane treatment will cure the sick does not prove true. State mental hospitals become over-crowded and custodial care ...