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This open access book explores the history of asylums and their
civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the
effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of
care. While a substantial body of literature on 'shell shock'
exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians
during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of
wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that
changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked
mainly to soldiers' experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively
on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of
medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on
civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct
in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients.
Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were
institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new
insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in
times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book tells
the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the
Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara
visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in a dilapidated and overcrowded
National Health Service psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so
appalled by the low standards that she set out to make
improvements. Barbara's book Sans Everything: A case to answer was
publicly discredited by a complacent and self-righteous Ministry of
Health. However, inspired by her work, staff in other hospitals
'whistle-blew' about events they witnessed, which corroborated her
allegations. Barbara influenced government policy, to improve
psychiatric care and health service complaints procedures, and to
establish a hospitals' inspectorate and ombudsman. The book will
appeal to campaigners, health and social care staff and others
working with older people, and those with an interest in policy
development in England, the 1960s, women's history and the history
of psychiatry and nursing.
This open access book explores the history of asylums and their
civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the
effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of
care. While a substantial body of literature on 'shell shock'
exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians
during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of
wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that
changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked
mainly to soldiers' experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively
on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of
medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on
civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct
in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients.
Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were
institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new
insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in
times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.
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