Care and treatment of the mentally ill in North Wales, 1800-2000 / Pamela Michael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michael, Pamela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Wales Hospital for Nervous and Mental Disorders, Denbigh.

Psychiatric hospital care--Wales.

Psychiatric hospital care.

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Delivery of Health Care--history.

Hospital Design and Construction--history.

Denbigh (Wales).

Wales.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Delivery of Health Care--history.

Hospital Design and Construction--history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2003.

Summary:

Providing an account of the changing provision for the insane in North Wales from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the 20th, this book discusses policy and treatment developments against a background of social and cultural issues that include the specific Welsh context. Through an in-depth analysis of patient case histories, admission records, and certification papers, a detailed study is presented of not only the circumstances and social origins of patients but also the changing attributions of causative factors in mental illness. This broadly chronological study demonstrates how insanity can be thought of as a social construct and shows that the history of insanity also illustrates the social and cultural history of Wales.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

0708317405

OCLC:

51831676