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Private Madhouses in England, 1640-1815 - Commercialised Care for the Insane (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020) Loot Price: R2,880
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Private Madhouses in England, 1640-1815 - Commercialised Care for the Insane (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Leonard Smith

Private Madhouses in England, 1640-1815 - Commercialised Care for the Insane (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Leonard Smith

Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective

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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 institutionalised because of insanity were being kept in private 'madhouses'. The opening four chapters detail the emergence of these madhouses and demonstrate their increasing presence in London and across the country during the long eighteenth century. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects in greater depth - the insane patients themselves, their characteristics, and the circumstances surrounding admissions; the madhouse proprietors, their business activities, personal attributes and professional qualifications or lack of them; changing treatment practices and the principles that informed them. Finally, the book explores conditions within the madhouses, which ranged from the relatively enlightened to the seriously defective, and reveals the experiences, concerns and protests of their many critics.

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Release date: June 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Leonard Smith
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 323
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-041639-3
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the mentally ill
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 3-03-041639-9
Barcode: 9783030416393

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