04224oam 22007935 450 991042494380332120231205173314.03-030-54871-610.1007/978-3-030-54871-1(CKB)5590000000005293(DE-He213)978-3-030-54871-1(MiAaPQ)EBC6382163(Au-PeEL)EBL6382163(OCoLC)1243536453(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35242(EXLCZ)99559000000000529320201030d2021 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCivilian lunatic asylums during the First World War a study of austerity on London's fringe /Claire Hilton1st ed. 2021.Springer Nature2021Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (XIX, 294 p.) 23 illus., 11 illus. in colorMental Health in Historical Perspective,2634-60363-030-54870-8 1. Introduction: civilians, lunacy and the First World War -- 2. Infrastructure: rules, walls, obstacles and opportunities -- 3. Certified insane: concepts and practices -- 4. Personnel: staffing the asylums and serving the Colours -- 5. Food, farm and fuel: an inequitable supply chain -- 6. Patients and their daily life -- 7. Difficult diseases: tuberculosis and other infections -- 8. Accidents, injuries, escapes and suicides -- 9. Shackles and chains: some concluding thoughts.This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on ‘shell shock’ exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers’ experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients. Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.Mental Health in Historical Perspective,2634-6036Psychiatric hospital careEnglandLondonHistory20th centuryPsychiatric hospitalsEnglandLondonHistory20th centuryWarHealth aspectsWorld War, 1914-1918Health aspectsEnglandLondonSocial HistoryHistory of MedicineHistory of Britain and IrelandPsychiatryShell shockSoldiersMadnessWelfare austerityInstitutional careHospitalsPatient experiencesNapsburyColney HatchClayburyHanwellStandards of careOpen AccessSocial & cultural historyEuropean historyPsychiatric hospital careHistoryPsychiatric hospitalsHistoryWarHealth aspects.World War, 1914-1918Health aspects306.09362.210942109041Hilton Claireauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut851597MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910424943803321Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War1901328UNINA