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by Robert Nielsen
Illustrated with 60 photographs, map and tables
"J.H. French & Co. Award for Best Non-fiction Book" (Hamilton & Region Arts Council)
300 pages, trade paperback, $27.00
ISBN 0-920603-60-2
Note: Second Edition published by the Mental Health Volunteer Association, 2006.
Available from the Mental Health Volunteer Association, c/o Mental Health Center Penetanguishene, 500 Church Street, Penetanguishene, Ontario L9M 1G3 Phone: (705) 549-3181 Extension 2219; FAX (705) 549-3446
The present site of the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene is one of the oldest and most important historical sites in Canadian history (and one of the most beautiful!). It was the location of "The Royal Naval and Military Establishments") from 1813 to 1859, and later became the "Upper Canada Reformatory Prison". In 1904 the prison was converted into "The Penetanguishene Asylum" for those deemed mentally ill. A special facility for the "criminally insane" was created on the grounds in the form of "Oak Ridge", and the first one hundred patients arrived in 1933. During the 1960s and 70s, the reknowned Dr. Elliott Barker operated the Social Therapy Unit, using innovative treatments to help the patients of Oak Ridge. For more than a century, the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene has reflected the changing face of mental health care in North America. This book tells the story of the development of the Centre, of the medical and political shifts that shaped its course, and of the people who worked, lived, suffered, and dreamed of healing in this place.
About the Author
Robert Nielsen is President of Potlatch Publications and author/editor of many books. He laboured for many years, under the auspices of the Mental Health Centre Volunteer Association, to complete this comprehensive history of a vital psychiatric facility. In telling the story of the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, Nielsen also gives the reader a panoramic view of the treatment of mental illness throughout history, including the introduction of specific treatments as they became available, especially with the dramatic developments in the 1950s and beyond. The development of the Ontario Hospital system can be seen as a microcosm of universal attempts to improve mental health.
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