2008: Middletown and Mental Illness

“Middletown and Mental Illness in the Aftermath of Deinstitutionalization” by William Tucker

A consideration of the reactions to Jessica Short’s murder provides a springboard for an understanding of the impact that the deinstitutionalization of Connecticut Valley Hospital had on Middletown between 1963 and 1990.

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