Overview
- Provides the first book-length study of the experiences of civilian patients in asylums during the First World War
- Explores the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care across four London asylums
- Draws extensively on archival and published sources to reveal the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective (MHHP)
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- Edgar Jones, Professor of the History of Medicine & Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
"Managers and leaders in the present day health service would do well to read this excellent history of the treatment of mentally ill civilians during the First World War. There are many useful insights here which point the way to the prospect of change for the better."
- Cheryl Brook, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Book Title: Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War
Book Subtitle: A Study of Austerity on London's Fringe
Authors: Claire Hilton
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54870-4Published: 31 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54873-5Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54871-1Published: 30 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 294
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, History of Medicine, History of Britain and Ireland, Psychiatry