Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century
In and Beyond the Asylum
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This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture. The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America.In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter.
This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture. The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America. In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter.
This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Shows how conceptualisations of modernity in the twentieth century were linked with maintaining individual and collective mental health Looks beyond the walls of the asylum to the new spaces and centres offered for mental health treatment and support This open access book contributes to the growing body of work on the twentieth-century history of psychiatry
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Steven J. Taylor
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“I nonetheless commend the volume and would encourage readers to take time to engage with all the chapters. Each has real merit, and collectively they add up to more than the sum of their parts.” (Pamela L. Dale, H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences, networks.h-net.org, October, 2020)
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“A fresh examination of mental health and illness that moves well beyond the tired dichotomy of triumph or travesty to present nuanced case studies of care. The well-researched chapters reflect sensitivity to social context, evolving nomenclature, and policies that addressed treatment, destigmatization, and prevention, through education, the arts, and popular media, thereby extending the concept of psychiatric care from individuals to populations.” (Jacalyn Duffin, Professor Emerita, Queen's University, Canada)
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