Irish Insanity 1800-2000 : 1800-2000.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brennan, Damien
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Routledge advances in sociology.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Ireland > History.
Mentally ill > Care > Ireland > History.
Mental illness
Mentally ill > Care
Ireland
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (313 pages).
ISBN:9781136237089
1136237089
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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