The confinement of the insane
Subtitle: international perspectives, 1800-1965
By: edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
Contributors: Porter, Roy, 1946-; Wright, David, 1965-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century; Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 20th century; Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- History -- 19th century; Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- 20th century
Description: This collection examines the origins of asylum as a mechanism for the treatment of insanity. Taking a global view, it considers the socioeconomic & theoretical factors which have shaped the modern notion of madness & the need for confinement of those deemed to be insane.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index