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Deinstitutionalisation and After
. Ed(S): Kritsotaki, Despo; Long, Vicky; Smith, Matthew
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Hardback. Editor(s): Kritsotaki, Despo; Long, Vicky; Smith, Matthew. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 539.
The book relates the history of post-war psychiatry, focusing on deinstitutionalisation, namely the shift from asylum to community in the second part of the twentieth century.
After the Second World War, psychiatry and mental health care were reshaped by deinstitutionalisation. But what exactly was involved in this process? What were the origins of deinstitutionalisation and what did it mean to those who experienced it? What were the ramifications, both positive and negative, of such a fundamental shift in psychiatric care? Post-War Psychiatry in the Western World: Deinstitutionalisation and After seeks to answer these questions by exploring this momentous change in ... Read more
The book relates the history of post-war psychiatry, focusing on deinstitutionalisation, namely the shift from asylum to community in the second part of the twentieth century.
After the Second World War, psychiatry and mental health care were reshaped by deinstitutionalisation. But what exactly was involved in this process? What were the origins of deinstitutionalisation and what did it mean to those who experienced it? What were the ramifications, both positive and negative, of such a fundamental shift in psychiatric care? Post-War Psychiatry in the Western World: Deinstitutionalisation and After seeks to answer these questions by exploring this momentous change in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Series
Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Number of Pages
297
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319453590
SKU
V9783319453590
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About . Ed(S): Kritsotaki, Despo; Long, Vicky; Smith, Matthew
Despo Kritsotaki is a historian of mental health and healthcare in twentieth-century Greece. Vicky Long is Senior Lecturer in History at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Matthew Smith is Professor of Health History at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
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