Author: Kathryn Burtinshaw
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473879051
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
“Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients.”—Daily Mail In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on selected cases, this new study enables the reader to understand how progressively advancing attitudes and expectations affected decisions, leading to better legislation and medical practice throughout the century. Specific mental health conditions are discussed in detail and the treatments patients received are analyzed in an expert way. A clear view of why institutional asylums were established, their ethos for the treatment of patients, and how they were run as palaces rather than prisons giving moral therapy to those affected becomes apparent. The changing ways in which patients were treated, and altered societal views to the incarceration of the mentally ill, are explored. The book is thoroughly illustrated and contains images of patients and asylum staff never previously published, as well as first-hand accounts of life in a nineteenth-century asylum from a patient’s perspective. Written for genealogists as well as historians, this book contains clear information concerning access to asylum records and other relevant primary sources and how to interpret their contents in a meaningful way. “Through the use of case studies, this book adds a personal note to the historiography in a way that is often missing from scholarly works.”—Federation of Family History Societies
Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots
Author: Kathryn Burtinshaw
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473879051
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
“Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients.”—Daily Mail In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on selected cases, this new study enables the reader to understand how progressively advancing attitudes and expectations affected decisions, leading to better legislation and medical practice throughout the century. Specific mental health conditions are discussed in detail and the treatments patients received are analyzed in an expert way. A clear view of why institutional asylums were established, their ethos for the treatment of patients, and how they were run as palaces rather than prisons giving moral therapy to those affected becomes apparent. The changing ways in which patients were treated, and altered societal views to the incarceration of the mentally ill, are explored. The book is thoroughly illustrated and contains images of patients and asylum staff never previously published, as well as first-hand accounts of life in a nineteenth-century asylum from a patient’s perspective. Written for genealogists as well as historians, this book contains clear information concerning access to asylum records and other relevant primary sources and how to interpret their contents in a meaningful way. “Through the use of case studies, this book adds a personal note to the historiography in a way that is often missing from scholarly works.”—Federation of Family History Societies
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473879051
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
“Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients.”—Daily Mail In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on selected cases, this new study enables the reader to understand how progressively advancing attitudes and expectations affected decisions, leading to better legislation and medical practice throughout the century. Specific mental health conditions are discussed in detail and the treatments patients received are analyzed in an expert way. A clear view of why institutional asylums were established, their ethos for the treatment of patients, and how they were run as palaces rather than prisons giving moral therapy to those affected becomes apparent. The changing ways in which patients were treated, and altered societal views to the incarceration of the mentally ill, are explored. The book is thoroughly illustrated and contains images of patients and asylum staff never previously published, as well as first-hand accounts of life in a nineteenth-century asylum from a patient’s perspective. Written for genealogists as well as historians, this book contains clear information concerning access to asylum records and other relevant primary sources and how to interpret their contents in a meaningful way. “Through the use of case studies, this book adds a personal note to the historiography in a way that is often missing from scholarly works.”—Federation of Family History Societies
Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots
Author: Kathryn Burtinshaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473879041
Category : Mentally ill
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473879041
Category : Mentally ill
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
Author: Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Covers 8th- session.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Covers 8th- session.
A Manual for Guardians and Trustees of Minors, Insane Persons, Imbeciles, Idiots, Drunkards, and for Guardians Ad Litem, Resident and Non-resident, Affected by the Laws of Ohio
Author: Florien Giauque
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guardian and ward
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guardian and ward
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Victorian Yearbook
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Law of Wills as Administered in the Court of Probate in England
Author: Frederick Andrew Inderwick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Probate law and practice
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Probate law and practice
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Law Relating to the Mentally Defective
Author: Herbert Davey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
General and Local Acts Passed and Joint Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly
Author: Ohio
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Acts of the State of Ohio
Author: Ohio
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
Legislative Acts Passed and Joint Resolutions Adopted by the ... General Assembly
Author: Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Includes extraordinary and special sessions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Includes extraordinary and special sessions.