Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Prison and Asylum Reform
Two of the social movements of the 1830s and 1840s looked to improving the lot of the mentally ill and those in prison. Read about Dorothea Dix who crusaded for humane treatment and hospitals for the insane. Several others worked to make...
Grade Saver
Grade Saver: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Diseases of the Mind
A virtual exhibit to expose the early history of psychiatry in the United States through the year 1900.