Outside the walls of the asylum : the history of care in the community 1750-2000 /

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Imprint:	London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in Psychical Research Studies in psychical research.
Subject:	Psychiatric hospital care -- Great Britain -- History. Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History. Mental health policy -- Great Britain -- History. Psychiatric hospital care -- Ireland -- History. Psychiatric hospitals -- Ireland -- History. Mental health policy -- Ireland -- History. Mental Health Services -- Great Britain -- History. Mental Health Services -- Ireland -- History. Health Policy -- Great Britain -- History. Health Policy -- Ireland -- History. Hospitals, Psychiatric -- Great Britain -- History. Hospitals, Psychiatric -- Ireland -- History. Mental health policy. Psychiatric hospital care. Psychiatric hospitals. Great Britain. Ireland. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262538

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Other authors / contributors:	Bartlett, Peter. Wright, David, 1965-
ISBN:	9780567598509 0567598500 0485115417 9780485115413 0485121476 9780485121476 1283200996 9781283200998 9786613200990 6613200999
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day. These include women and the social construciton of madness, the boarding out of lunatics by poor law authorities, familial care and treatment of the insane and the practice of mental healing by general practitioners.
Other form:	Print version: Outside the walls of the asylum. London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 1999 0485115417

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