HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Erving Goffman, Deinstitutionalisation, Total Institution
30 Jan 2017
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Lumber-room thesis- build asylum then you had to fill it because you built it. Belief in isolation of hospitals, rigid scheduling, restore reason, daily scheduling, daily activities, daily tasks. These therapeutic ideas failed because of lack of funding an staff. People who were poor deserved to be poor. Vagrancy act differentiated mentally ill, criminals & poor people. We have come full circle we have grouped together mentally ill, criminals & the poor. spent on and individual a day jfk (sister was treated) Tight schedules, little autonomy, little privacy (too much control) Mortification of the self: you became an inmate. Institutional identity wash of all unique identity: like a prison, military, schools. Jfk launches mental health act in 1963. Fuelled by growth in criticism and psychopharmaceuticals. Making confinement more difficult and inpatient pop. Use (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey for (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity (cid:272)are (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey dried up. Not enough supports people ended up in the streets.
