432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1972, A History of the Mental Health Services is a revised and abridged version of both Lunacy, Law and Conscience and Mental Health and Social Policy , rewriting the material from the end of the Second World War to the passing of the Mental Health Act 1959, and adding a new section which runs from 1959 to the Social Services Act 1970. The story starts with the first... Read more
Preface Introduction 1. Eighteenth-century custom 2. The growth of public concern 3. Subscription hospitals and county asylums 4. The reform movement 1815-27 5. The Metropolitan Commissioners 6. Ashley and the achievement of reform 7. The triumph of legalism 8. Mental defectives 9. Into the community 10. Towards a National Health Service 11. The three revolutions 12. The Mental Health Act 1959 13. Community care? 14. The price of integration Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Kathleen Jones
