Madness in the family : insanity and institutions in the Australasian colonial world, 1860-1914 /

Madness in the Family is the first comparative study of families and insanity: a trans-colonial study of the relationships between European families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in Australia and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914. It explores issues such as how colonial families coped...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coleborne, Catharine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Temas:
1800-1899
Psychiatry > Australasia > History > 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals > Australasia > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Family relationships > Australasia > History > 19th century.
Hospitals, Public > history
Mental Disorders > history
Professional-Family Relations
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
Family Relations
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Relations familiales > Australasie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Relations soignant-famille.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History of medicine.
Australasian & Pacific history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Social & cultural history.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Health and Fitness.
Mentally ill > Family relationships
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Psychisch gestoorden.
Psychiatrische inrichtingen.
Familie.
New Zealand
Australia
Australasia
Australië.
Nieuw-Zeeland.
History
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Colonial Psychiatry in the Australasian World
  • Families and the Colonial Hospital System, 1860-1900
  • Families and the Language of Insanity
  • Writing to and from the Asylum
  • Tracing Families for Maintenance Payments
  • Porous Boundaries: Families, Patients and Practices of Extra-Institutional Care
  • Conclusion: Families, Insanity, and the Archive
  • Appendix: Indications of insanity noted by family and friends of inmate prior to committal.

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