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Asylum Years: Back to the Future?

Asylum Years: Back to the Future?

Robert Hayward

Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s

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Release Date: 31/03/2025

Genre: Society & Culture
Sub-Genre: Social & Ethical Issues
Label: Free Association Books
Contributors: Robert Hayward (Edited by), Andrew Heenan (Edited by)
Language: English
Publisher: Free Association Books

Glimpses of Institutional Life in the 1970s
Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted on the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered here from a number of people who worked in an asylum 50 years ago suggests that there is considerable inheritance from the institutional times that reinforce current mental health policy and mode of provision.


Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted on the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered here from a number of people who worked in an asylum 50 years ago suggests that there is considerable inheritance from the institutional times that reinforce current mental health policy and mode of provision. 

This book begins with a historical overview of mental health care and provides a detailed ethnographic account at the end of the 20th century; comparisons from this are examined in the context of present mental health care with a particular focus on underlying thinking which appears to differ less than that of the previous institutional years. Referring to more recent work, including user-led programmes, “mad studies” and emerging policy models, we explore alternatives that could challenge the philosophy or ethos that buttresses thinking about mental health policy and go some way to address the persistent marginalisation and inequalities experienced by people using mental health services.

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