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SOME LINKS ABOUT THE DAMMASCH PROJECT:

Wikipedia’s listing for dammasch state hospital
Dennis Hamilton’s diary pages on his experience as a patient at Dammasch
Willamette Week’s Article on mental health care in Oregon –All Cracked Up and No Place to Go
An Aerial View of Dammasch
David Maisel’s images of Oregon State Hospital
David Maisel’s images of the copper crematorium cans at Oregon State Hospital
Mary Ellen Mark’s photographs of the women in Ward 81 (Oregon State Hospital)
An interesting article on eugenics at Dammasch
A brief history of mental health institutions, written by the state of Oregon
Information on Costa Pacific, the developers who bought Dammasch
Peter Breggin

LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROSHOCK “THERAPY”:


ECT.org -this is an awesome site with lots of outside info, including a “1st person project”. if you are a ECT survivor, you may add your experiences to her list.

the Citizens Commission on Human Rights blurb on Harold Sackeim, proponent of Electroshock “therapy”:

“Electroboy” -a former electroshock recipient who gives a bit of history and sketches out both sides of the ECT controversy.

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