Walking through the crumbling halls of an old asylum, the air is thick with the echoes of despair. This haunting image serves as a chilling reminder of the treatment of the mentally ill during one of America’s darkest periods: the Great Depression. Moreover, Asylum Scandals by Patricia Lubeck is a great book that covers many of those grim topics associated with America’s most chilling... https://www.plubeck.com/asylums-during-the-great-depression/