Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War

A Study of Austerity on London's Fringe

AvClaire Hilton

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Mental Health in Historical Perspective

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This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:424 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030548735

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Claire Hilton is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is author of Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb’s Campaign, 1965-1975 (Palgrave, 2019), which was shortlisted for the 2018 RHS Whitfield Prize.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: civilians, lunacy and the First World War.- 2. Infrastructure: rules, walls, obstacles and opportunities.- 3. Certified insane: concepts and practices.- 4. Personnel: staffing the asylums and serving the Colours.- 5. Food, farm and fuel: an inequitable supply chain.- 6. Patients and their daily life.- 7. Difficult diseases: tuberculosis and other infections.- 8. Accidents, injuries, escapes and suicides.- 9. Shackles and chains: some concluding thoughts.