Title: Negotiating Insanity In The Southeast Of Ireland 18201900
Description: This text explores local medical, lay and legal negotiations with the asylum system in 19th-century Ireland. It deepens our understanding of protagonists' attitudes towards the mentally ill and institutional provision for the care and containment of people diagnosed as insane.
Subjects: Mentally ill, Psychiatric hospitals, Medical care, europe, Care, History, Workhouses, Social conditions, Mentally Ill Persons, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Mental Health Services, History, 19th Century