Madness in its place : narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997 /
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| Author / Creator: | Gittins, Diana. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Memory and narrative Memory and narrative. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11165299 |
| Summary: | This fascinating study presents a unique history of psychiatry in the twentieth century. It brings together the memories and narratives of over sixty patients and workers who lived, or were employed, in Severalls Psychiatric Hospital, Essex, UK. Personal accounts are contextualised both in relation to wider developments and issues in twentieth-century mental health, and in relation to policies and changes in the hospital itself.<br> Organised around the theme of space and place, and drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative material, chapters deal with key areas such as gender divisions, power relations, patterns of admission and discharge, treatments, and the daily lives and routines of patients and nurses of both sexes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203029291 9780203029299 9780415167864 0415167868 9780415183888 041518388X 9781134670642 1134670648 9781134670598 1134670591 9781134670635 113467063X |