“ I think about the book "One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest" which documents the horrors of an asylum. I believe this was the moment in US society when we started ge

“ I think about the book "One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest" which documents the horrors of an asylum. I believe this was the moment in US society when we started getting rid of those types of hospitals, and people that relied on them, both families and the people suffering from the illness themselves, were dumped into society to fend for themselves” There were a number of exposés and scandals during this period that led to a general backlash against putting people in institutions, yes. For example, Geraldo Rivera established himself as a young reporter by exposing the terrible conditions at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School.