EAN: 9783030548735

MENTAL HEALTH IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE CIVIL...

This 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.

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