A history of the mental health services.
Series: International library of social policy
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Published: 1972
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Mental health services -- Great Britain -- History; Mental health laws -- Great Britain -- History
Description: xiii, 414 p. 23 cm
Notes: Bibliography: p. 388-403.
Part I originally published in 1955 under title: Lunacy, law and conscience, 1744-1845; Part II originally published in 1960 under title: Mental health and social policy, 1845-1959.