The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2014-04-01
Language: English
Number of Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine