Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)

by Anna Shepherd

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The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.
  • ISBN13 9781317319047
  • Publish Date 6 October 2015 (first published 1 April 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 240
  • Language English