Private madhouses in England, 1640-1815 : commercialised care for the insane /

This book examines the origins and early development of private mental health care in England, showing that the current spectacle of commercially-based participation in key elements of service provision is no new phenomenon. In 1815, about seventy per cent of people institutionalized because of insa...

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Main Author:	Smith, Leonard D., 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020].
Series:	Mental health in historical perspective.
Subjects:	Psychiatric hospitals > England > History. Hospitals, Psychiatric > history. Hospitals, Private > history. Mentally Ill Persons > history. History, 17th Century. History, 18th Century. History, 19th Century. England.

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Call Number:		RC450.G7 S65 2020

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