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Asylums, mental health care and the Irish, 1800-2010 / edited by Pauline Prior.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Irish Academic Press, 2012.Description: 304 pISBN:
  • 9780716531524 (hbk.) :
  • 9780716531524 (hbk.)
  • 0716531526 (hbk.)
  • 9781911024620
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.9 PRI
LOC classification:
  • RA790.7.I73
Contents:
1.Introduction. Pauline M. Prior -- Part one: Twentieth century -- 2.The red flag over the aslyum: the Monaghan Asylum Soviet of 1919. Anton McCabe and Ciaran Mulholland -- 3.Speedwell Magazine: an insider view of Holywell Psychiatric Hospital, Antrim, 1959-1973. Gillian McClelland -- 4.Mental health services in Ireland, 1959-2010.Dermot Walsh -- 5.Voices of mental health service users - poetry and prose -- Part two.Nineteenth century -- 6.Irish immigrants in a colonial asylum during the Australian Gold Rushes, 1848-1869. Elizabeth Malcolm -- 7.Transnational ties to home: Irish migratns in New Zealand Asylums, 1860-1926. Angela McCarthy -- 8.The \'Chaplaincy Question\' at Belfast District Asylum, 1834-1870. Pauline M. Prior & David V. Griffiths -- 9.A mystery malady in an Irish asylum: The Richmond epidemic of the late nineteenth century asylum: clinical cases from the central criminal lunatic asylum, Dundrum, Dublin. Brendan D. Kelly -- 11.Overseeing the Irish asylums: the inspectorate in lunacy, 1845-1921. Pauline M. Prior -- 12.A perfectly ordered establishment: Connaught Distric Lunatic Aslyum (Ballinasloe). Oonagh Walsh -- 13.Voices of doctors and officials -- Part three. Exploring trends: 14.A theoretical exploration of institution-based mental health care in Ireland. Damien Brennan -- 15.Mental health law on the Island of Ireland, 1800-2010. Pauline M. Prior.
Summary: This is a collection of essays from well known scholars on mental health services in Ireland. The topics featured include nurses striking, rare diseases, patient poetry, religious controversy, hospital inspections, and the pain of the emigrant.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 150.9 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 219706
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 150.9 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 219705

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction. Pauline M. Prior -- Part one: Twentieth century -- 2.The red flag over the aslyum: the Monaghan Asylum Soviet of 1919. Anton McCabe and Ciaran Mulholland -- 3.Speedwell Magazine: an insider view of Holywell Psychiatric Hospital, Antrim, 1959-1973. Gillian McClelland -- 4.Mental health services in Ireland, 1959-2010.Dermot Walsh -- 5.Voices of mental health service users - poetry and prose -- Part two.Nineteenth century -- 6.Irish immigrants in a colonial asylum during the Australian Gold Rushes, 1848-1869. Elizabeth Malcolm -- 7.Transnational ties to home: Irish migratns in New Zealand Asylums, 1860-1926. Angela McCarthy -- 8.The \'Chaplaincy Question\' at Belfast District Asylum, 1834-1870. Pauline M. Prior & David V. Griffiths -- 9.A mystery malady in an Irish asylum: The Richmond epidemic of the late nineteenth century asylum: clinical cases from the central criminal lunatic asylum, Dundrum, Dublin. Brendan D. Kelly -- 11.Overseeing the Irish asylums: the inspectorate in lunacy, 1845-1921. Pauline M. Prior -- 12.A perfectly ordered establishment: Connaught Distric Lunatic Aslyum (Ballinasloe). Oonagh Walsh -- 13.Voices of doctors and officials -- Part three. Exploring trends: 14.A theoretical exploration of institution-based mental health care in Ireland. Damien Brennan -- 15.Mental health law on the Island of Ireland, 1800-2010. Pauline M. Prior.

This is a collection of essays from well known scholars on mental health services in Ireland. The topics featured include nurses striking, rare diseases, patient poetry, religious controversy, hospital inspections, and the pain of the emigrant.

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