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oapen-20.500.12657-429202020-11-14T01:46:42Z Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War Hilton, Claire Social History History of Medicine History of Britain and Ireland Psychiatry Shell shock Soldiers Madness Welfare austerity Institutional care Hospitals Patient experiences Napsbury Colney Hatch Claybury Hanwell Standards of care Open Access Social & cultural history European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history::HBJD1 British & Irish history bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMH Psychiatry 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. 2020-11-13T13:35:09Z 2020-11-13T13:35:09Z 2021 book ONIX_20201113_9783030548711_26 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42920 eng Mental Health in Historical Perspective application/pdf n/a 2021_Book_CivilianLunaticAsylumsDuringTh.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030548711 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1 10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 Palgrave Macmillan 294 open access
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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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