A History of Mental Health Care in Rochester, 1826-1975 (Rochester History, Special Double Issue, Vol. 79, No. 2; Vol. 80, No. 1)

63 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The narrative provides a historical account of the nature and form of care given to our most valuable community members, beginning with the almshouse of the nineteenth century and concluding with the remarkable twentieth century advances in psychotherapy and pharmacology, which humanized the treatment provided to those suffering from mental illness.