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Synopsis
During the last 20 years, the history of psychiatry has opened diverse windows on the landscape of insanity, but individual perspective alone cannot convey the whole picture. A variety of views, such as is offered in this book, will make a major contribution to the process of describing and explaining the development of British psychiatry since 1841. That year saw the foundation of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the insane, the forerunner of the present Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Of not many countries can it be said, as it can of Great Britain and Ireland, that the history of their psychiatry matches so well the history of only one professional institution. The latter has acted as a broker between four main influences on psychiatric disorder: popular and official sentiments, the progress of medical and psychological sciences, ideas from abroad, and the desires and notions of the profession itself.
Since the mid-19th century, the Association and its successors have provided the forum in which much of the national debate on mental illness and its treatment has taken place. This book, published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, includes chapters on the people and the ideas that presided over such deliberations, and on the way in which, since 1841, the professional body has guided and interpreted national views on the diseases of the mind.
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- PublisherAmer Psychiatric Pub Inc
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0880486031
- ISBN 13 9780880486033
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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