Irish insanity 1800-2000 / edited by Damien Brennan.
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TextSeries: Routledge Advances in SociologyPublication details: London : Routledge, 2015.Description: 172 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781138195509 (pbk.) :
- 9781138195509 (pbk)
- Mentally ill -- Care -- Ireland -- History
- Mental illness -- Ireland -- History
- Mental health facilities -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Mental health facilities -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
- Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
- Health and Wellbeing
- Sociology
- European history
- History of medicine
- Ireland
- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
- Social & cultural history
- Care of the mentally ill
- 362.19 BRE
- RC450.I73
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 362.19 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 219654 | ||
| Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 362.19 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 219655 |
Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[153]-167) and index.
1.Theories of Irish insanity -- 2.Irish asylum utilisation 1800-2000 -- 3.The Irish insanity \'epidemic\' 1800-1956 -- 4.The demise of Irish insanity 1956-2000 -- 5.Conclusion.
'Irish Insanity 1800-2000' charts and explains the rise and demise of asylums and mental hospitals in Ireland between 1800 and 2000. It definitively demonstrates that Ireland had the highest level of asylum usage internationally, arguing that a combination of social forces, rather than an 'epidemic of Irish insanity', underpinned this pattern of institutionalisation.