Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830

By Leonard Smith

Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830 constitutes the first comprehensive study of the philanthropic asylum system in Georgian England. Using original research and drawing upon a wide range of expertise on the history of mental health this book demonstrates the crucial role of the lunatic hospitals in the early development of a national system of psychiatric institutions.

These hospitals were to form an essential historical link in the emergence of a national system of institutional provision for mentally disordered people. They provided important prototypes for the subsequent development of a network of state-sponsored lunatic asylums during the nineteenth century.

This is an impressive volume which covers various areas including:

the provincial lunatic hospitals managing the hospital managing the insane.

This book will interest specialist historians as well as mental health professionals and people interested in local and regional studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415375169
• ISBN13: 9780415375160
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"