How Long to Read Closing the Asylums

How Long Does it Take to Read Closing the Asylums?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Closing the Asylums by George Paulson, M.D.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

One of the most significant medical and social initiatives of the twentieth century was the demolition of the traditional state hospitals that housed most of the mentally ill, and the placement of the patients out into the community. The causes of this deinstitutionalization included both idealism and legal pressures, newly effective medications, the establishment of nursing and group homes, the woeful inadequacy of the aging giant hospitals, and an attitudinal change that emphasized environmental and social factors, not organic ones, as primarily responsible for mental illness. Though closing the asylums promised more freedom for many, encouraged community acceptance and enhanced outpatient opportunities, there were unintended consequences: increased homelessness, significant prison incarcerations of the mentally ill, inadequate community support or governmental funding. This book is written from the point of view of an academic neurologist who has served 60 years as an employee or consultant in typical state mental institutions in North Carolina and Ohio.

How long is Closing the Asylums?

Closing the Asylums by George Paulson, M.D. is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Closing the Asylums Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Closing the Asylums aloud.

What Reading Level is Closing the Asylums?

Closing the Asylums is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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