Irish Insanity 1800-2000 : 1800-2000.

Irish Insanity 1800-2000 charts and explains the rise and demise of asylums and mental hospitals in Ireland between 1800 and 2000. It definitively demonstrates that Ireland had the highest level of asylum usage internationally, arguing that a combination of social forces, rather than an 'epidem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brennan, Damien
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge advances in sociology.
Temas:
Mental illness > Ireland > History.
Mentally ill > Care > Ireland > History.
Maladies mentales > Irlande > Histoire.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins > Irlande > Histoire.
Mental illness
Mentally ill > Care
Ireland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Irish Insanity 1800-2000 charts and explains the rise and demise of asylums and mental hospitals in Ireland between 1800 and 2000. It definitively demonstrates that Ireland had the highest level of asylum usage internationally, arguing that a combination of social forces, rather than an 'epidemic of Irish insanity', underpinned this pattern of institutionalisation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (313 pages).
ISBN:9781136237089
1136237089

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