Editors:
- Explores the momentous changes that deinstitutionalisation made to psychiatric care in the post-war period
- Chapters cover a wide range of geographical settings, from 1945 to the present
- Scope of the book moves from the macro-level of broad political, economic and cultural trends and of transnational professional developments, to the micro-level of local cases and individual experiences
Part of the book series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective (MHHP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Understanding Deinstitutionalisation: Culture, Ideology and Historiography
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Designing and Implementing Psychiatric Reform: Experiments, Opportunities and Oppositions
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New Conceptualisations of Therapy and Space
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After Deinstitutionalisation: Experiences, Challenges and Legacies
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About this book
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 mental health care from 1945 to the present in a wide range of geographical settings. The book articulates a nuanced account of the history of deinstitutionalisation, highlighting the constraints and inconsistencies inherent in treating the mentally ill outside of the asylum, while seeking to inform current debates about how to help the most vulnerable members of society.
Editors and Affiliations
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Independent scholar, Athens, Greece
Despo Kritsotaki
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Centre for the Social History of Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Vicky Long
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History of Psychiatry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Matthew Smith
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deinstitutionalisation and After
Book Subtitle: Post-War Psychiatry in the Western World
Editors: Despo Kritsotaki, Vicky Long, Matthew Smith
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45360-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45359-0Published: 16 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83275-3Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45360-6Published: 29 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 297
Topics: Modern History, European History, US History, History of Science