Mental illness and learning disability since 1850 finding a place for mental disorder in the United Kingdom / edited by Pamela Dale and Joseph Melling.
| Other author | Dale, Pamela, 1975- |
| Other author | Melling, Joseph. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xi, 234 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in the social history of medicine ; 22 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005022712 |
| ISBN | 0415364914 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780415364911 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0203015940 (ebk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203015940 (ebk.) |
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