Mental illness and learning disability since 1850 : finding a place for mental disorder in the United Kingdom /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Dale, Pamela, 1975-, Melling, Joseph
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:	Routledge studies in the social history of medicine ; 22.
Subjects:	Mental illness > Great Britain > History. Learning disabled > Great Britain > History. Commitment of Mentally Ill > history > Great Britain. History, 19th Century > Great Britain. History, 20th Century > Great Britain. Institutionalization > history > Great Britain. Mentally Disabled Persons > history > Great Britain. Mentally Ill Persons > history > Great Britain. Public Policy > Great Britain.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

The politics of mental welfare : fresh perspectives on the history of institutionalized care for the mentally ill and disabled / Pamela Dale and Joseph Melling
Workhouse care of the insane, 1845-1890 / Elaine Murphy
Needs and desires in the care of paper lunatics : admissions to Worcester Asylum, 1852-1872 / Frank Crompton
'Buried alive by her friends' : asylum narratives and the English governess, 1845-1914 / Joseph Melling
Separatism and exclusion : women in psychiatry, 1900-1950 / Louise Westwood
Family, gender and class in psychiatric patient care during the 1930s : the 1930 Mental Treatment Act and the Devon Mental Hospital / David Pearce
The 'manufacture' of mental defectives : increased in Scotland, 1857-1939 / Matt Egan
Tension in the voluntary-statutory alliance : 'lay professionals' and the planning and delivery of mental deficiency services, 1917-1945 / Pamela Dale
'A satisfactory job is the best psychotherapist' : employment and mental health, 1939-60 / Vicky Long
Inside the walls of the hostel, 1940-1974 / John Welshman
Landmarks in the care of the mentally disordered.