Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Les enfants de la dernière pluie Les enfants de la dernière pluie Françoise Guérin Alors qu'il rend visite à son frère hospitalisé en psychiatrie, le commandant Lanester est témoin du meurtre d'un patient par un infirmier, immédiatement suivi de son suicide. Il semble avoir agi sou… OL24640644W
Pure mental Pure mental Eamon Shanley Witnessing systemic neglect and ill treatment while working in a mental asylum, a young man struggles with his conscience and is forced to re-evaluate his core beliefs about himself and his perceptio… OL28599655W
Ordinary People Ordinary People Judith Guest Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. This novel inspired Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning film o… OL3340137W
Committed to the state asylum Committed to the state asylum James E. Moran "Committed to the State Asylum examines the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funde… OL5999714W
A Mind That Found Itself A Mind That Found Itself Clifford Whittingham Beers,Clifford Whittingham Beers This book tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his… OL6322288W