Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War : A Study of Austerity on London's Fringe /

This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on 'shell shock' exists, this study uncovers the menta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hilton, Claire (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	Mental Health in Historical Perspective,
Subjects:	Social history. Medicine-History. Great Britain-History. Psychiatry. Social History. History of Medicine. History of Britain and Ireland. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: civilians, lunacy and the First World War
2. Infrastructure: rules, walls, obstacles and opportunities
3. Certified insane: concepts and practices
4. Personnel: staffing the asylums and serving the Colours
5. Food, farm and fuel: an inequitable supply chain
6. Patients and their daily life
7. Difficult diseases: tuberculosis and other infections
8. Accidents, injuries, escapes and suicides
9. Shackles and chains: some concluding thoughts.