Anna Shepherd

Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317319061
• Artikelnr.: 43589582

Autorenporträt

Shepherd, Anna

Inhaltsangabe

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