LEADER 03904nam 22007215 450 001 9910424943803321 005 20250628110035.0 010 $a9783030548711 010 $a3030548716 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1 035 $a(CKB)5590000000005293 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-54871-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6382163 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6382163 035 $a(OCoLC)1243536453 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35242 035 $a(Perlego)4369262 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010067573 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000005293 100 $a20201030d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCivilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War $eA Study of Austerity on London's Fringe /$fby Claire Hilton 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 $d2020 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 294 p.) $c23 illus., 11 illus. in color 225 1 $aMental Health in Historical Perspective,$x2634-6044 311 0 $a9783030548704 311 0 $a3030548708 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on 'shell shock' exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers' experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients. Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this. 410 0$aMental Health in Historical Perspective,$x2634-6044 606 $aSocial history 606 $aMedicine$xHistory 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aPsychiatry 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Medicine 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aPsychiatry 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aPsychiatry. 615 14$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Medicine. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aPsychiatry. 676 $a306.09 676 $a362.210942109041 686 $aHIS015000$aHIS054000$aMED039000$aMED105000$2bisacsh 700 $aHilton$b Claire$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0851597 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910424943803321 996 $aCivilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War$91901328 997 $aUNINA