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Irish Insanity, 1800-2000
0415522250 EPUB The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems. - the political context - governance and social policy - the relationship between church and state - changing economic structures and social deprivation - professionalization - legislation and systems of admission and discharge - categorisation and diagnostic criteria - international developments - family dynamics