The most solitary of afflictions
Subtitle: madness and society in Britain, 1700-1900
By: Andrew Scull.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Psychiatric hospital care -- England -- History; Mentally ill -- Care -- England -- History; Mental health laws -- England -- History; Mental Disorders -- history -- Great Britain; Social Conditions -- history -- Great Britain
Description: Andrew Scull studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England, tracing transformations in social practices & beliefs, the development of institutional management of the mad, & exposing the contrasts between the expectations of asylum founders & the harsh realities of institutional life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-426) and index.