Title:

Every Other Bed (draft)

Creator:

Gorman, Mike

Date:

1956

Description:

Gorman wrote Every Other Bed "for the express purpose of bringing to the American people the facts about the parlous state of psychiatric research and training in a country fat with prosperity, two-toned automobiles, and refrigerators which open from either side." Though some progress had been made in reforming the treatment of the mentally ill, Gorman said, a thorough overhaul of the entire national system was called for; as of 1955, half of all hospital beds in the U.S. were occupied by psychiatric patients (hence the book title). Gorman condensed six of the book chapters for a six-part series published by the Philadelphia Inquirer in June 1956.. This book was later published by World Publishing Company.

Location:

Box: 16. Folder: 6

Rights:

Courtesy of Mike Gorman.

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Genre:

Drafts (documents)
Monographs

Subject:

Hospitals, Psychiatric, Health Care Reform, and Legislation as Topic

Format:

Text

Extent:

33 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

TGBBGV

NLM ID:

101743403X99

Profiles Collection:

The Mike Gorman Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X99

Story Section:

A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1953-1963