The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland : Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care

The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care

This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mauger, Alice. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017
Cham : 2018.
Edición:1st ed. 2018.
Colección:Mental Health in Historical Perspective,
Materias:
Great Britain—History.
Social history.
Psychiatry.
Medicine—History.
History, Modern.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
History of Medicine.
Modern History.
public asylum
voluntary asylum
private asylum
insanity
mental health
costs
healthcare
Ireland
nineteenth century
Belfast
Dublin
Ennis
Enniscorthy
Hampstead
Lunatic asylum
Psychiatric hospital
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436089606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 . Introduction
  • 2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
  • 3. An Institutional Marketplace
  • 4. ‘A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?’: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
  • 5. ‘The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork’: Employment, Gender and Insanity
  • 6. ‘A Great Source of Amusement’: Work Therapy and Recreation
  • 7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
  • 8. Conclusion.

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