Crash Test Dummies – shannon p. laws

Into the Cuckoo’s Nest

In the modern, industrialized America, we had asylums until the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act on October 31, 1963—60 years ago. Kennedy had a special interest in the issue of mental health because his sister, Rosemary, had incurred brain damage after being lobotomized at the age of 23.