Madness in its place : narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997 / Diana Gittins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gittins, Diana.

Series:

Memory and narrative.

Memory and narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Severalls Hospital (Essex, England)--History.

Severalls Hospital (Essex, England).

Psychiatric hospitals--England--Essex--History--20th century.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Psychiatry--History--20th century.

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 242p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together the memories and narratives of over 60 patients and workers from Severalls Psychiatric Hospital, Essex, Gittins contextualises their personal accounts in relation to wider developments and issues in 20th century mental health.

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. 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.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction: space, time and madness

chapter 2 At the gate

chapter 3 The corridor of power The medical superintendent: the early years

chapter 4 The great divide

chapter 5 On the female side

chapter 7 The space and pace of treatments

chapter 8 Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-236) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-67063-X

1-134-67064-8

1-280-60358-5

9786610603589

0-203-02929-1

9780203029299

OCLC:

228039843