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1. Madness, Architecture and the Built Environment

   Psychiatric Spaces in Historical Context

   Edited by James Moran, Leslie Topp, Jonathan Andrews

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space. This historical analysis with contributions from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in equal measure. The first rigorous scholarly...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
2. The History of Bethlem

   By Jonathan Andrews, Asa Briggs, Roy Porter, Penny Tucker, Keir Waddington

   Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken...

   Published October 8th 1997 by Routledge