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dc.contributor.authorHilton, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T13:35:09Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T13:35:09Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20201113_9783030548711_26
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42920
dc.description.abstractThis open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on ‘shell shock’ exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers’ experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients. Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMental Health in Historical Perspective
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicineen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKL Psychiatryen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial History
dc.subject.otherHistory of Medicine
dc.subject.otherHistory of Britain and Ireland
dc.subject.otherPsychiatry
dc.subject.otherShell shock
dc.subject.otherSoldiers
dc.subject.otherMadness
dc.subject.otherWelfare austerity
dc.subject.otherInstitutional care
dc.subject.otherHospitals
dc.subject.otherPatient experiences
dc.subject.otherNapsbury
dc.subject.otherColney Hatch
dc.subject.otherClaybury
dc.subject.otherHanwell
dc.subject.otherStandards of care
dc.subject.otherOpen Access
dc.subject.otherSocial & cultural history
dc.subject.otherEuropean history
dc.titleCivilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War
dc.title.alternativeA Study of Austerity on London's Fringe
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.imprintPalgrave Macmillan
oapen.pages294


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