A history of the mental health services (International library of social policy)

First published in 1972, A History of the Mental Health Services is a revised and abridged version of both Lunacy, Law and Conscience and Mental Health and Social Policy , rewriting the material from the end of the Second World War to the passing of the Mental Health Act 1959, and adding a new section which runs from 1959 to the Social Services Act 1970. The story starts with the first legislative mention of the 'furiously and dangerously mad' as a class for whom some treatment should be provided, traces the development of reform and experiment in the nineteenth century, and the creation of the asylum system, and ends in the age of Goffman and Laing and Szasz with the virtual disappearance of the system. The book will be of interest to students of mental health, sociology, social policy, health policy and law. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction Part One 1744–1845 1 Eighteenth-century custom 2 The growth of public concern 3 Subscription hospitals and county asylums 4 The reform movement 1815-27 5 The Metropolitan Commissioners 6 Ashley and the achievement of reform Part Two 1845–1946 7 The triumph of legalism 8 Mental defectives 9 Into the community 10 Towards a National Health Service Part Three 1946–71 11 The three revolutions 12 The Mental Health Act 1959 13 Community care? 14 The price of integration Appendix 1: Statistics of mental illness and mental handicap Appendix 2: Changes proposed in services for the mentally handicapped 1971 Appendix 3: Guidelines for mental illness and related provision 1971 Notes Bibliography Index Part I Originally Published In 1955 Under Title: Lunacy, Law And Conscience, 1744-1845; Part Ii Originally Published In 1960 Under Title: Mental Health And Social Policy, 1845-1959. Bibliography: P. 388-403.