Historians have examined the role of psychiatric institutions in the USA and addressed whether this form of care helped or harmed patients (depending on the perspective of the time period, historical actors, and historians). But the story for children’s mental institutions was different. At the time when adult institutions were in decline, children’s mental hospitals were expanding. Parents and advocates clamoured for more beds and more services. The decrease in facilities for children was more due to economic factors than ideological opposition. This paper explores a case study of a hospital in Michigan as a window into the different characteristics of the discussion of psychiatric care for children.

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该机构在儿童和青少年精神病学史上的矛盾角色：美国密歇根州山楂中心的案例研究

历史学家已经研究了美国精神病院的作用，并讨论了这种护理形式是帮助还是伤害了患者（取决于时间段、历史参与者和历史学家的观点）。但儿童精神病院的情况则不同。在成人机构没落的时候，儿童精神病院却在扩张。父母和倡导者呼吁提供更多床位和更多服务。儿童设施的减少更多是由于经济因素而不是意识形态的反对。本文探讨了密歇根州一家医院的案例研究，作为了解儿童精神科护理讨论的不同特征的窗口。