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  • Work and Occupation in French and English Mental Hospitals, c.1918-1939

    by Jane Freebody ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countries and in different time periods. Comparing how occupation was used in French and English mental institutions between 1918 and 1939, one hundred years after the heyday of moral therapy, the book is an ... Read more

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  • Am I Normal?

    The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)

    by Sarah Chaney ...
    *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour**A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022*'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph *****'Riveting' Mail on Sunday *****'Captivating' Guardian, Book of the Day'Compelling'... ... Read more

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  • Disability and Society

    by Dr Patrick McDonnell ...
    Disability and Society: Ideological and Historical Dimensions explores the changing relationship between disability and society in Western culture from early modern times to the present, with a particular emphasis on Ireland. The author identifies the main ideologies and practices that have shaped the relationship between disability and society, describes how these emerged over time and discusses ... Read more

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  • Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution

    by Lucy Series ...
    Series series Law, Society, Policy
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.During the 20th century the locus of care shifted from large institutions into the community. However, this shift was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014 a UK Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘deprivation of liberty’ resulted in large numbers of older and disabled people in care homes, supported ... Read more

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  • Managing Madness

    Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada

    by Erika Dyck, Alex Deighton ...
    The Saskatchewan Mental Hospital at Weyburn has played a significant role in the history of psychiatric services, mental health research, and providing care in the community. Its history provides a window to the changing nature of mental health services over the 20th century.Built in 1921, Saskatchewan Mental Hospital was considered the last asylum in North America and the largest facility of its ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Disability

    The Basics

    by Tom Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Basics
    Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society. The book explores key introductory topics including:the diversity of the disability experience;disability rights and advocacy;ways in ... Read more

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  • 'Curing queers'

    Mental nurses and their patients, 1935–74

    by Tommy Dickinson ...
    Series series Nursing History and Humanities
    Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them. It examines ... Read more

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  • Histories of Suicide

    International Perspectives on Self-Destruction in the Modern World

    by John Weaver, David Wright ...
    Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with more than one million fatalities each year. During the post-war period, the rate of completed suicides has risen dramatically, especially among young men and Aboriginal peoples living in the Western world. While this has naturally led to growing concern amongst health care practitioners and policy experts, relatively little is known ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • The Routledge History of Disability

    Edited by Roy Hanes, Nancy E. Hansen, Ivan Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    The Routledge History of Disability explores the shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, this wide-ranging collection shows that the history of disability cuts across racial, ethnic, religious, cultural, gender and class divides, highlighting the commonalities and ... Read more

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  • Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

    Lessons from Belgium

    Edited by David Albert Jones, Chris Gastmans, Calum MacKellar ...
    Series Book 42 - Cambridge Bioethics and Law
    Examining the evidence from Belgium – one of only five countries where euthanasia is practised legally – an international panel of experts considers the implications of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide. Looking at the issue from an international perspective, the authors have written an invaluable in-depth analysis of the ethical aspects of this complex area. The discussion forms a solid ... Read more

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  • Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century

    In and Beyond the Asylum

    Edited by Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby ...
    Series series History (R0)
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Insanity of Place / The Place of Insanity

    Essays on the History of Psychiatry

    by Andrew Scull ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    This compelling book brings together many of the major papers published by Andrew Scull in the history of psychiatry over the past decade and a half.Examining some of the major substantive debates in the field from the eighteenth century to the present, the historiographic essays provide a critical perspective on such major figures as Michel Foucault, Roy Porter and Edward Shorter.Chapters on ... Read more

    $68.99 USD