The Turning Point

The Turning Point

How Men of Conscience Brought about Major Change in the Care of America's Mentally Ill

by Alex Sareyan

309 pages· 1994· ISBN 9780880485609
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The Turning Point is the first comprehensive chronicle of the contributions made by conscientious objectors who volunteered for service in America's mental hospitals and state institutions for the developmentally disabled during Word War II. It brings together excerpts from Life, Reader's Digest, and The Cleveland Press, as well as letters and personal reminiscences that recall the shock and distress of conscientious objectors at the conditions in state mental hospitals.

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