Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century : In and Beyond the Asylum / edited by Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Steven J., Editor.

Contributor:

Taylor, Steven J., Editor.

Brumby, Alice, Editor.

Series:

Mental Health in Historical Perspective, 2634-6044

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history.

History, Modern.

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

Psychiatry.

Social History.

Modern History.

History of Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Social History.

Modern History.

History of Medicine.

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 274 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture. The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America.In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter. This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Healthy Minds: Mental Health Practice and Perception in the Twentieth Century: Steven J. Taylor and Alice Brumby

Chapter 2: ‘The Holy War against Alcohol’: Alcoholism, Medicine and Psychiatry in Ireland, c. 1890-1921: Alice Mauger

Chapter 3: Social Stigma, Stress, and Enforced Transition in Specialist Epilepsy Services 1905-1965: Rachel Hewitt

Chapter 4: Planning for the Future: Special Education and the creation of ‘Healthy Minds’: Steven J. Taylor

Chapter 5: Healthy Minds and Intellectual Disability: Jan Walmsley

Chapter 6: Sheltered Employment and Mental Health in Britain: Remploy c.1945-81: Andrew Holroyde

Chapter 7: Autism in the 20th Century: An Evolution of a Controversial Condition: Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Lester and Nikki Kiyimba

Chapter 8: Challenging Psychiatric Classification: Healthy Autistic Diversity the Neurodiversity Movement: Erika Dyck and Ginny Russell

Chapter 9: The National Schizophrenia Fellowship: Charity, Caregivingand Strategies of Coping, 1960-1980: Alice Brumby

Chapter 10: ‘(Un)healthy Minds’ and Visual and Tactile Arts, c.1900-1950: Imogen Wiltshire

Chapter 11: The Myth of Dream-hacking and "Inner Space" in Science Fiction, 1948–2010: Rob Mayo

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ISBN:

9783030272753

3030272753

OCLC:

1132429560