The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland : : Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care.

The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland : : Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
:
Mauger, Alice.
Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.
Ã2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (290 pages)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
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.

Similar Items