| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
In this important work, Dr. Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the 1800s and its development. Using detailed case studies from the original records, the author examines some of the more bizarre treatments explored, and the history behind them. What emerges is a collection of piercing, untold stories of crime and illness, drama, and tragedy. They are filled with a sense of powerlessness amongst those detained, and enthusiastic, if somewhat misguided, paternalism amongst those trying to help, and looks at the foundations for the treatment of mental illness in Ireland. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
MEDICAL / History.
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Forensic psychiatry -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Custody, care and criminality |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kelly, Brendan (Brendan D.). Custody, care & criminality. Dublin, Ireland : The History Press, 2014. 9781845888299 (DLC)2014471240 |
| Standard No. |
9780750958981 |
| ISBN |
9780750958981 (e-pub) |
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