Irish insanity, 1800-2000 / Damien Brennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Damien (Damien John)

Series:

Routledge Advances in Sociology

Routledge advances in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Ireland--History.

Mental illness.

Mentally ill--Care--Ireland--History.

Mentally ill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge, c2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems.Irish Insanity identifies the long-term trends in institutional residency through the development of a detailed empirical data set, based on an analysis of original copies of the reports of Inspector of Asylums

Contents:

1. Theories of Irish insanity

2. Irish asylum utilisation, 1800-2000

3. The Irish insanity "epidemic," 1800-1956

4. The demise of Irish insanity, 1956-2000

5. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 31, 2013).

ISBN:

1-138-19550-2

1-136-23707-0

0-203-10180-4

1-136-23708-9

9780203101803

OCLC:

856869046