Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England
ISBN-10
1317319060
ISBN-13
9781317319061
Category
Medical
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2015-10-06
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Anna Shepherd

Description

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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