Asylums and after
a revised history of the mental health services : from the early 18th century to the 1990s
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Publication
1993 - Athlone Press, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
76,500 words, Guess
Page Count
306 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1421241M
- ISBN-100485114291
- OCLC Control Number29848303
- OCLC Control Numberasylumsafterrevi0000jone
- Library of Congress Control Number93031413
and 2 more
- Goodreads3909778
- LibraryThing1819514
Classifications
- DDC362.2/0942
- LCCRA790.7.G7 J658 1993
Description
This work is a completely revised and largely rewritten version of Professor Jones' classic History of the Mental Health Services. This new History takes full account of modern historical critiques of the subject, including the revisionism of Goffman, Foucault and Szasz, medical and legal analyses, and revaluation by a variety of scholars in the light of such late twentieth century perspectives as neo-Marxism, Thatcherism, feminism, normalization and empowerment. The Mental Health Services have altered beyond recognition in recent years. Many mental hospitals have literally bitten the dust - reduced to piles of rubble as their sites have been sold off for housing estates or leisure centres. Is this cost-efficient development, or asset-stripping? Does community care work? And what has happened to the patients? For its history both of events and of ideas, this book is likely to become the standard account of the subject, and is highly suitable for course adoption.
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