Deinstitutionalisation and After : Post-War Psychiatry in the Western World
1st ed. 2016
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Mental Health in Historical Perspective
ISBN-10
3319453599
ISBN-13
9783319453590
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 16th, 2016
Print length
297 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 22.10 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
European historyMental health servicesHistory of medicinePsychiatryPsychiatryEuropean history
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The book relates the history of post-war psychiatry, focusing on deinstitutionalisation, namely the shift from asylum to community in the second part of the twentieth century. After the Second World War, psychiatry and mental health care were reshaped by deinstitutionalisation.
The book relates the history of post-war psychiatry, focusing on deinstitutionalisation, namely the shift from asylum to community in the second part of the twentieth century.
After the Second World War, psychiatry and mental health care were reshaped by deinstitutionalisation. But what exactly was involved in this process? What were the origins of deinstitutionalisation and what did it mean to those who experienced it? What were the ramifications, both positive and negative, of such a fundamental shift in psychiatric care? Post-War Psychiatry in the Western World: Deinstitutionalisation and After seeks to answer these questions by exploring this momentous change in mental health care from 1945 to the present in a wide range of geographical settings. The book articulates a nuanced account of the history of deinstitutionalisation, highlighting the constraints and inconsistencies inherent in treating the mentally ill outside of the asylum, while seeking to inform current debates about how to help the most vulnerable members of society.
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