ABSTRACT
This is Volume IV in a series of seven about the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1960, this volume covers the period of a hundred years from 1845, and was extended to include the Mental Health Act of 1959. The last two chapters, therefore are not 'historical' in character, but represent an interim assessment of events which are still close to the time of writing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |3 pages
Introduction
part |36 pages
The Triumph of Legalism
chapter |22 pages
Public Opinion and the Liberty of the Subject
chapter |12 pages
The Lunacy Act, 1890
part |50 pages
Mental Defectives
chapter |18 pages
‘The Permanent Care of the Feeble-Minded'
chapter |12 pages
The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913
chapter |18 pages
The Growth of Community Care
part |41 pages
The Mentally Ill
chapter |10 pages
The Results of Legalism
chapter |16 pages
Into the Community
chapter |13 pages
The Mental Treatment Act, 1930
part |71 pages
Towards a Mental Health Service