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
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Theories of Irish insanity; Introduction; Social theory: insanity and asylums; The sociology and history of Irish insanity and asylums; Conclusion; 2. Irish asylum utilisation 1800-2000; Introduction; The context and process of data production; The extent and rate of institutional residency of 'mentally ill' persons in Ireland; Irish institutionalisation of the 'mentally ill' and the international context.
  • Gender and the institutional residency of the 'mentally ill'Regional variations; Occupational status and 'mental illness'; Levels of residency by gender and institution type; Conclusion; 3. The Irish insanity 'epidemic' 1800-1956; Introduction; The political context, asylum governance and asylum social policy; The relationship between church and state; Changing economic structures; Social deprivation; The professionalisation of Irish asylums; Admission and discharge; Categorisation and diagnosis; Conclusion; 4. The demise of Irish insanity 1956-2000; Introduction; 1945 Mental Treatment Act.
  • International standardisation of diagnostic criteriaSocial policy and de-institutionalisation; Professional 'reform' and the anti-psychiatry movement; 'Modern' clinical interventions; Employment beyond the institution; Irish family dynamics and the demise of Irish insanity; Contemporary legislative provisions; Conclusion; 5. Conclusion; Appendix: Tables of data; Total number (and gender) of 'mentally ill' persons resident in institutions 1829-2000; Number of 'mentally ill' persons resident in institutions per 100,000 of population 1850-2000.
  • Island of Ireland: detailed breakdown of 'mentally ill' persons resident in institutions 1843-1921Republic of Ireland: detailed breakdown of 'mentally ill' persons resident in institutions 1922-2006; Demographic data; Bibliography; Index.

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