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The Impact of Ken Kesey on Mental Health and Drug Culture

Ken Kesey, born in Colorado in 1935 and passed in Oregon in 2001, experienced life positioned between the Beat Generation and the Hippie movement. His experimentation with psychoactive drugs, including LSD and mescaline, was part of CIA trials and profoundly influenced his writing, especially in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Through his work at a Veterans' Hospital, Kesey engaged with patients while under the influence of drugs, revealing societal rejection of those deemed "different". This exploration mirrors the evolution of mental health care practices, from restraint to rehabilitation, highlighting the complexities of mental illness today.

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The Impact of Ken Kesey on Mental Health and Drug Culture

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  1. Building Background Knowledge

  2. Ken Kesey • Born in CO (1935) • Died in OR (2001) “I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie”

  3. Experimentation with Drugs • Part of CIA experiment with psychoactive drugs • LSC, cocaine, mescaline • Kept using them after the experiment!

  4. Why Cuckoo’s Nest? • Worked at a State Veterans’ Hospital • Talked with patients (while on hallucinogenic drugs) • Felt SOCIETY had pushed them out since they were “different” not that they were INSANE

  5. Mental Institutions / Hospitals • Wide variety of institutions • In- or out-patient facilities • Variety of disorders • Voluntary or involuntary basis

  6. Evolution of Care • Containment and restraint • Treatment with drugs / therapy • To allow them to live lives outside an institution

  7. Titicut Follies • Only film banned NOT due to sexuality, language, or drug use.

  8. Types of Treatment Lobotomy Electroshock Treatment

  9. Types of Facilities • Crisis Stabilization • Suicidal, violent patients • Open Units • Try to make life as normal as possible • Medium Term • Few weeks

  10. Types (cont.) • Juvenile Wards • Halfway Houses • Type where my sister works

  11. Mental Illness Today • Medications has come a long way. • Mentally ill is NOT mentally handicapped. • Mentally ill are in society and around us!

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