This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture. The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America. In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter. This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Author(s): Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby
Series: Mental Health In Historical Perspective
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 280
Tags: Social History, Mental Health, Asylum
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction to Healthy Minds: Mental Health Practice and Perception in the Twentieth Century (Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby)....Pages 1-16
‘The Holy War Against Alcohol’: Alcoholism, Medicine and Psychiatry in Ireland, c. 1890–1921 (Alice Mauger)....Pages 17-52
Social Stigma, Stress and Enforced Transition in Specialist Epilepsy Services 1905–1965 (Rachel Hewitt)....Pages 53-72
Planning for the Future: Special Education and the Creation of ‘Healthy Minds’ (Steven J. Taylor)....Pages 73-93
Healthy Minds and Intellectual Disability (Jan Walmsley)....Pages 95-111
Sheltered Employment and Mental Health in Britain: Remploy c.1945–1981 (Andy Holroyde)....Pages 113-135
Autism in the Twentieth Century: An Evolution of a Controversial Condition (Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester, Nikki Kiyimba)....Pages 137-165
Challenging Psychiatric Classification: Healthy Autistic Diversity and the Neurodiversity Movement (Erika Dyck, Ginny Russell)....Pages 167-187
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship: Charity, Caregiving and Strategies of Coping, 1960–1980 (Alice Brumby)....Pages 189-209
‘(Un)healthy Minds’ and Visual and Tactile Arts, c.1900–1950 (Imogen Wiltshire)....Pages 211-238
The Myth of Dream-Hacking and ‘Inner Space’ in Science Fiction, 1948–2010 (Rob Mayo)....Pages 239-265
Correction to: Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century (Steven J. Taylor, Alice Brumby)....Pages C1-C1
Back Matter ....Pages 267-274
