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- Shows how conceptualisations of modernity in the twentieth century were linked with maintaining individual and collective mental health
- Looks beyond the walls of the asylum to the new spaces and centres offered for mental health treatment and support
- This open access book contributes to the growing body of work on the twentieth-century history of psychiatry
Part of the book series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective (MHHP)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture. The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America. In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter.
This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
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Editors and Affiliations
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School of History, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Steven J. Taylor
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School of Humanities, Religion and Philosophy, York St John University, York, UK
Alice Brumby
About the editors
Steven J. Taylor is a Wellcome Trust ISSF Early Career Fellow in the History of Poverty and Medicine at the University of Leicester, UK. His research explores ideas and constructions of childhood health, lay and professional diagnoses, ability and disability, and institutional care. His first monograph, Beyond the Asylum: Child Insanity in England, 1845-1907, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.
Alice Brumby is a Lecturer at York St John University, UK. Her research interests focus upon twentieth century mental health care and the role of the community, families and patients in accessing care and treatment. She has published work in First World War Studies and History Today amongst other publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century
Book Subtitle: In and Beyond the Asylum
Editors: Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27275-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27274-6Published: 01 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27277-7Published: 11 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27275-3Published: 16 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 274
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, Modern History, History of Medicine, Psychiatry