History of the Mental Health Services

First published in 1972, A History of the Mental Health Services is a revised and abridged version of both Lunacy, Law and Conscience and Mental Health and Social Policy, rewriting the material from the end of the Second World War to the passing of the Mental Health Act 1959.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. Eighteenth-century custom 2. The growth of public concern 3. Subscription hospitals and county asylums 4. The reform movement 1815-27 5. The Metropolitan Commissioners 6. Ashley and the achievement of reform 7. The triumph of legalism 8. Mental defectives 9. Into the community 10. Towards a National Health Service 11. The three revolutions 12. The Mental Health Act 1959 13. Community care? 14. The price of integration Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Kathleen Jones

Summary

First published in 1972, A History of the Mental Health Services is a revised and abridged version of both Lunacy, Law and Conscience and Mental Health and Social Policy, rewriting the material from the end of the Second World War to the passing of the Mental Health Act 1959.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Jones
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032518787
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251878-7
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); MEDICAL / Mental Health, Mental health services