Mental Illness and Learning Disability since 1850: Finding a Place for Mental Di

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Taking forward the debate on the role of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850.

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Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including such things as the community, Poor Law authorities, local government and the voluntary sector.Questioning the notion that institutions were generally 'benign' and responsive to the needs of households, this work also emphasizes the important role of the diversity of interests in shaping institutional facilities.A fresh, stimulating step forward in the history of institutional care, Mental Illness and Learning Disability since 1850 is undoubtedly an important resource for student and scholar alike.

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Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including such things as the community, Poor Law authorities, local government and the voluntary sector.Questioning the notion that institutions were generally '

Author Biography

University of Exeter

Table of Contents

1. The Politics of Mental Welfare: Fresh Perspectives on the History of Institutionalized Care for the Mentally Ill and Disabled 2. Workhouse Care of the Insane 1845-1890 3. Needs and Desires in the Care of Paper Lunatics: Admissions to Worcester Asylum, 1852-1872 4. 'Buried Alive by her Friends' Asylum Narratives and the English Governess, 1845-1914 5. Separatism and Exclusion: Women in Psychiatry 1900-1950 6. Family, Gender and Class in Psychiatric Patient Care during the 1930s: The Mental Treatment Act and the Devon Mental Hospital 7. The 'Manufacture' 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, 1917-1945 9.'A Satisfactory Job Is the Best Psychiatrist' Employment and Mental Health 1939- 60 10. Inside the Walls of the Hostel 1930-1974 11. Landmarks in the Care of the Mentally Disordered

Long Description

The past two decades have seen serious reappraisal of the role of psychiatric institutions and mental health services in modern societies, and in recent years there has been much greater sympathy for the purpose and benefits of dedicated, as well as secure, accommodation from those suffering from more serious forms of mental illness. Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges this recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including: * the community * Poor Law authorities * local government * the voluntary sector Questioning the notion that institutions were generally benign and responsive to the needs of households, this work also emphasizes the important role of the diversity of interests in shaping institutional facilities. A fresh, stimulating step forward in the history of institutional care, "Mental Illness and Learning Disability Since 1850" is undoubtedly an important resource for student and scholar alike.

Details ISBN0415364914 Series Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine Language English ISBN-10 0415364914 ISBN-13 9780415364911 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 22 Year 2006 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Joseph Melling Edition 1st Short Title MENTAL ILLNESS & LEARNING DISA Author Joseph Melling Subtitle Finding a Place for Mental Disorder in the United Kingdom Affiliation University of Exeter, UK DOI 10.1604/9780415364911 UK Release Date 2006-03-02 AU Release Date 2006-03-02 NZ Release Date 2006-03-02 Illustrations 10 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white Pages 256 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2006-03-02 Alternative 9780415514132 DEWEY 362.20941 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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