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In-patient Mental Health Care from the Asylum System to Present Day: A Lived Experience of Policy and Practice
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In-patient Mental Health Care from the Asylum System to Present Day: A Lived Experience of Policy and Practice
Current price: $64.95
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Barnes and Noble
In-patient Mental Health Care from the Asylum System to Present Day: A Lived Experience of Policy and Practice
Current price: $64.95
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Part narrative history and critical analysis, part autoethnography, this unique volume critiques the ethics of early policy decisions which led to the closure of the old Victorian asylums and the advent of care in the community, identifying continuing issues of institutionalisation, containment, and segregation. Drawing parallels with the continuing dilemmas of ‘inclusion’ in other areas of public policy and provision, chapters discuss controversial issues such as the response to the Covid pandemic, the influence of ‘anti-psychiatry’, and the continuing use of electro convulsive therapy. Ultimately, the book makes a vital theoretical and practical contribution to the continuing debate around in-patient mental health care in the 21
century.
The book will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy makers in the fields of healthcare policy and history of mental health provision more broadly. Psychiatrists interested in the history of the asylum system in the UK, as well as present day mental health professionals will also find the book of use.