Mental illness and learning disability since 1850 : finding a place for mental disorder in the United Kingdom /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
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| Description: | xi, 234 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge studies in the social history of medicine ; 22 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6098809 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The politics of mental welfare: fresh perspectives on the history of institutional care for the mentally ill and disabled
- 2. Workhouse care of the insane, 1845-90
- 3. Needs and desires in the care of pauper lunatics: admissions to Worcester Asylum, 1852-72
- 4. 'Buried alive by her friends': asylum narratives and the English governess, 1845-1914
- 5. Separatism and exclusion: women in psychiatry, 1900-50
- 6. Family, gender and class in psychiatric patient care during the 1930s: the 1930 Mental Treatment Act and the Devon Mental Hospital
- 7. The 'manufacture' of mental defectives: why the number of mental defectives increased in Scotland, 1857-1939
- 8. Tension in the voluntary-statutory alliance: 'lay professionals' and the planning and delivery of mental deficiency services, 1917-45
- 9. 'A satisfactory job is the best psychotherapist': employment and mental health, 1939-60
- 10. Inside the walls of the hostel, 1940-74
- Landmarks in the care of the mentally disordered
- Select bibliography and further reading
- Index
