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Patients Manage Recreation Plans, 1961

The following article was published in the Capital Journal on April 28, 1961. A girl who had talked to no one for seven years — separated from reality by an “escape mechanism” barrie… more →

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Patients Manage Recreation Plans, 1961

oshmuseum wrote 1 year ago: The following article was published in the Capital Journal on April 28, 1961. A girl who had talked … more →

Tags: History, .News from the past., Capital Journal, Ida Boehmer, Rainbow Room, Recreational Therapy, Quoncil, quonset hut, The Hut

State Hospital Patients' "New Look", 1965

oshmuseum wrote 1 year ago: The following is an excerpt from an Oregon Journal newspaper article published on Tuesday, April 20, … more →

Tags: History, Primary Sources, clothing, oregon state hospital, oregon journal, uniform, Marge Davenport, Dr. Hugh Caven, Eastern State Hospital

Congratulations Mr. Mommsen!, 1958

oshmuseum wrote 1 year ago: The following is an article from the May 1958 edition of The Suggestor, a newsletter published by th … more →

Tags: History, Hospital Stories, .News from the past., Beef, Dairy, Meat, meat cutter, Robert D. Holmes, Thomas Mommsen

Wilderness as Therapy

oshmuseum wrote 1 year ago: In 1972, 51 Oregon State Hospital patients and 51 Oregon State Hospital staff spent 16 days on a wil … more →

Tags: Hospital Stories, .News from the past., Oregon's Mental Health History, bill epperidge, John Frook, life magazine, Lute Jerstad, Wilderness Therapy, wilderness trip

A Bushel of Shoes, 1969 — 2 comments

oshmuseum wrote 2 years ago: Superintendent Brooks with a bushel of shoes, 1969. On September 15, 1969, Dr. Dean K. Brooks, then … more →

Tags: Hospital Stories, History, Oregon's Mental Health History, dehumanization, Bushel of Shoes, 1960s, task force, American Psychiatric Association, Association of Medical Superintendents of Mental Hospit


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