The Opal
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The Opal (1851–1860) is a ten volume journal written, edited and printed by the patients of the Utica State Lunatic Asylum, circa 1851. On its more than 3,000 pages, writers talked of their experiences and world views, giving great insight to the environment of New York's premiere state-operated Asylum, in Utica, New York. Themes that continuously arose in the poetry, prose, political commentary, and articles about insanity include issues concerning medication, restraint, seclusion, human rights, liberty, overcoming oppression, and support.
The Opal (1851–1860) is a ten volume journal written, edited and printed by the patients of the Utica State Lunatic Asylum, circa 1851. On its more than 3,000 pages, writers talked of their experiences and world views, giving great insight to the environment of New York's premiere state-operated Asylum, in Utica, New York. Themes that continuously arose in the poetry, prose, political commentary, and articles about insanity include issues concerning medication, restraint, seclusion, human rights, liberty, overcoming oppression, and support.
See also
Psychiatric survivors movement
References
External links
Picture of Opal front cover from 1851 Reiss, Benjamin. (2008). Theaters of madness insane asylums and nineteenth-century American culture. University of Chicago Press. OCLC 748889607. The Opal (1851–1860). Edited by the Patients. New York State Lunatic Asylum. Utica, N.Y.: State Lunatic Asylum. HathiTrust.
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