This way madness lies : the asylum and beyond
Jay, Mike2016
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Is mental illness - or madness - at root an illness of the body, a disease of the mind, or a sickness of the soul? Should those who suffer from it be secluded from society or integrated more fully into it? 'This Way Madness Lies' explores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates from society; the lunatic asylum, which intended to restore the reason of sufferers by humane treatment; and the mental hospital, which reduced their conditions to diseases of the brain.
Main title:
This way madness lies : the asylum and beyond / Mike Jay.
Author:
Jay, Mike, authorWellcome Collection, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Collation:
255 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Published in association with Wellcome Collection.Published to accompany the exhibition Bedlam, the asylum and beyond held at Wellcome Collection, London, 15th September, 2016-15th January, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500518977 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.461
Language:
English
BRN:
1097087