Spaulding J M
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1986 Oct;37(10):1007-11. doi: 10.1176/ps.37.10.1007.
Based on archival data, the author chronicles the history of the Canton (S.D.) Asylum for Insane Indians, which was established by Congress in 1903 and was closed in 1934 because of inadequate conditions. In 1926 a nationwide survey found that patients at Canton received minimal care. The rates of patient death and discharge at Canton reported in a 1931 survey compared unfavorably to those at other mental institutions in the U.S. The 1929 and 1933 inspection reports of psychiatrist Samuel Silk, which documented the hospital's outmoded custodial care and questioned the necessity of institutionalization for 35 to 40 of Canton's 90 patients, played a key role in the decision to close the asylum. The author attributes the decline of the Canton Asylum to gradual neglect by its superintendent and various government agencies.
基于档案资料，作者记述了南达科他州坎顿印第安疯人院的历史，该疯人院由国会于1903年设立，因条件不足于1934年关闭。1926年的一项全国性调查发现，坎顿的患者得到的护理极少。1931年一项调查中报告的坎顿患者死亡率和出院率与美国其他精神病院相比很不理想。精神病医生塞缪尔·西尔克1929年和1933年的检查报告记录了该医院过时的监护护理情况，并对坎顿90名患者中35至40名患者进行机构收容的必要性提出质疑，这些报告在关闭该疯人院的决定中起了关键作用。作者将坎顿疯人院的衰落归因于其院长和各政府机构的逐渐忽视。
