The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
Penney, Darby|Stastny, Peter
ISBN 10: 1934137146 ISBN 13: 9781934137147
Verlag: BELLEVUE LITERARY PR, 2009
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Über den AutorrnrnCoauthor of The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, Darby Penney (December 10, 1952 - October 11, 2021) was a national leader in the human rights movement for people with psychia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 598795917
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The acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their forgotten lives
“A deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness.” —Oliver Sacks
When Willard State Hospital closed its doors in 1995, after operating as one of New York State’s largest mental institutions for over 120 years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered. Using the possessions found in these suitcases along with institutional records and doctors’ notes from patient sessions, Darby Penney, a leading advocate of patients’ rights, and Peter Stastny, a psychiatrist and documentary filmmaker, were able to reconstruct the lives of ten patients who resided at Willard during the first half of the twentieth century.
The Lives They Left Behind tells their story. In addition to these human portraits, the book contains over 100 photographs as well as valuable historical background on how this state-funded institution operated. As it restores the humanity of the individuals it so poignantly evokes, The Lives They Left Behind reveals the vast historical inadequacies of a psychiatric system that has yet to heal itself.
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Coauthor of The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, Darby Penney (December 10, 1952 – October 11, 2021) was a national leader in the human rights movement for people with psychiatric histories.
Coauthor of The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, Peter Stastny is a psychiatrist and documentary filmmaker who has advocated for radical changes in the mental health system and worked on several transformative demonstration projects in New York and around the world. He has collaborated with Darby Penney and other experts-by-experience on spreading self-help and empowerment programs, spearheaded the employment of ex-patients in alternative services, and is a founder of the International Network for Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR). Peter was on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University and continues to teach and work in New York City.
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Titel: The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a...
Verlag: BELLEVUE LITERARY PR
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New