Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2014
240 pages
978-1-78144-056-8 (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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-78144-056-8 (9781781440568)
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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 1 Caring for Surrey's Insane: Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium 2 Therapeutic Agents: Doctors and Attendants 3 Origins and Journeys: The Patients at Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium 4 'Hurry, Worry, Annoyance and Needless Trouble': The Patients in Residence 5 The Taxonomy and Treatment of Insanity 6 Suicide, Self-Harm and Madness in the Asylum Conclusion
