Asylum Years: Back to the Future?
glimpses of institutional life in the 1970s
$84.02
- Paperback
- Release Date
31 March 2025
Summary
Echoes of the Asylum: How the Past Shapes Mental Health Today
Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered from individuals who worked in asylums 50 years ago suggests a considerable inheritance from those institutional times reinforces current mental health policy and modes of provision.
This book begins with a historical overview of mental health care and provides a detailed ethnographic account at the end of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911383956 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1911383957 |
| Author: | Robert Hayward, Andrew Heenan |
| Publisher: | Free Association Books |
| Imprint: | Free Association Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 532g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 228mm |
About The Author
Robert Hayward
Robert Hayward trained as a nurse at St. Augustine’s Hospital. He later became an NGO training and development consultant in mental health working extensively in Central and Eastern Europe.
Andrew Heenan qualified as an RMN at St. Augustine’s Hospital in 1975 and graduated from the University of Kent in 1983. He had a career in nursing and journalism, including Clinical Editor of Nursing Times, TV documentary work and as a Trustee of a mental health charity.
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