{"product_id":"9781947355354","title":"Kentucky's of First Asylum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by dissecting the inner workings of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Kentucky's First Asylum and the second state-supported asylum to be established in the United States. She describes the people who were involved in the creation and maintenance of a medical school, law department, and lunatic asylum in Lexington, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing historical data, Deese presents a fictionalized narrative to explore this institution’s history from 1817 to the 1990s-including a chapter dedicated to 1906, a pivotal year for Eastern Kentucky Asylum. That year, four employees were charged in the murder of a patient, and this incident set the stage for the past and present history of this facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKentucky's First Asylum provides a historical understanding of one early asylum that became a state hospital and serves to give broader context for the understanding of the current mental health system. It provides a platform to better comprehend the problems and processes of American psychiatric care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stratton Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040588349680,"sku":"9781947355354","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781947355354_p0.jpg?v=1763800367","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781947355354","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}