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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England - Shepherd, Anna
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The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.

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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England 2014, Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781848934313

Hardcover