Madness in its Place

Narratives of Severalls Hospital 1913-1997
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-18388-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

This fascinating study presents a unique history of psychiatry in the twentieth century. It brings together the memories and narratives of over sixty patients and workers who lived, or were employed, in Severalls Psychiatric Hospital, Essex, UK. Personal accounts are contextualised both in relation to wider developments and issues in twentieth-century mental health, and in relation to policies and changes in the hospital itself.
Organised around the theme of space and place, and drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative material, chapters deal with key areas such as gender divisions, power relations, patterns of admission and discharge, treatments, and the daily lives and routines of patients and nurses of both sexes.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gittins, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations, List of tables, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: space, time and madness, 2 At the gate, 3 The corridor of power, 4 The great divide, 5 On the female side, 6 On the male side, 7 The space and pace of treatments, 8 Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Gittins