
Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England
Anna Shepherd(Author)
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2014
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-84893-431-3 (ISBN)
Description
The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.
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'there is much data to enjoy in Institutionalizing the Insane. The information about companions and voluntary boarders is especially valuable, and the direct comparison between two differing asylums particularly useful.' Social History of Medicine 'I've found Institutionalizing the Insane to be a tremendously effective, informative book.' Joanne Bailey Muses on History 'its value to future research is to be lauded providing, as it does, so much empirical and anecdotal evidence on the subject.' Mad, bad and desperate - crime and insanity in Victorian England 'provides a fantastic window into the lives and worries of nineteenth-century people ... A solid study, this book will surely appeal to those interested into the complex lives and treatments of the insane during the nineteenth century.' From the Hands of QuacksMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-431-3 (9781848934313)
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Anna Shepherd is Alumni Relations & Partnerships Manager at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She has worked in publishing at the Institute of Historical Research and in contemporary health contexts, such as the Centre for Suicide Research, Oxford University and the London School of Hyiene & Tropical Medicine. She has published several papers on her work at a variety of national and international conferences, as well as articles and book chapters.
Content
Introduction: Contexts of Insanity; Chapter 1 Caring For Surrey's Insane: Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium; Chapter 2 Therapeutic Agents: Doctors and Attendants; Chapter 3 Origins and Journeys: The Patients at Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium; Chapter 4 'Hurry, Worry, Annoyance and Needless Trouble': Patients In Residence; Chapter 5 The Taxonomy and Treatment of Insanity; Chapter 6 Suicide, Self-Harm and Madness in the Asylum; Chapter 7 Conclusion;