Work and Occupation in French and English Mental Hospitals, c.1918-1939

AvJane Freebody

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Mental Health in Historical Perspective

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This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countries and in different time periods.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 28 mm
Vikt:634 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Antal sidor:378
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031131042

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Jane Freebody is a historian of medicine whose research interests revolve around nineteenth- and twentieth-century psychiatry and mental health in France and England. She is an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, where she previously gained her Wellcome-funded doctorate.

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1. Introduction.- 2. Patient Work before the First World War.- 3. From Alienism to Psychiatry.- 4. New Approaches to Patient Work and Occupation.- 5. Money and Management.- 6. The Medical Prescription of Patient Occupation.- 7. The Supervision of Patient Occupation.- 8. The Patient Workers Inside Hospital.- 9. Work and Support for Patients Outside Hospital.- Conclusions.