The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland : Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Case Studies
- Context
- Records
- Social Class in Ireland
- Outline of Chapters
- References
- Part I Governing Insanity
- Chapter 2 The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
- 'Confinement of the Higher Orders'
- 'The Great Class Which Lies Between'
- 'A Highly Useful and Benevolent Foundation'
- 'Asylums for the Lunatic Poor'?
- The Privy Council Clause
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3 An Institutional Marketplace
- 'A Gross Abuse on the Tax Paying Public'
- 'Not Kept for Profit'
- 'The Trade in Lunacy'?
- Length and Outcome of Stay
- Conclusions
- References
- Part II Understanding Insanity
- Chapter 4 'A Considerable Degree Removed from Pauperism'?: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
- Gender and Family Ties
- Religion, Occupation and Wealth
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5 'The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork': Employment, Gender and Insanity
- Medical Aetiologies
- Urban Economies
- Rural Economies
- Policemen, Violence and Alcohol
- Women, Work and Domesticity
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6 'A Great Source of Amusement': Work Therapy and Recreation
- Productive Employment
- Recreational Activities
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7 Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
- Expectations of Care
- Class, Religious and Political Tensions
- Expectations of Patients
- Conclusion
- References
- Conclusion
- Appendix: A Methodology and Sources for Chapter 4
- Select Bibliography
- Index.