On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane: With Observations on the Construction and Organization of Asylums
1859
On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane: With Observations on the Construction and Organization of Asylums
1859
Health & Medicine, History - Modern (1750+), Law & Criminology, Psychiatry/Psychology
On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane, published in 1859 by J. T. Arlidge, is a critical examination of the treatment of the mentally ill in Great Britain. The book discusses the inadequacies of asylums and the legal frameworks surrounding mental health care, highlighting the urgent need for reform. Arlidge's work is notable for its statistical analysis and its call for improved conditions and legal protections for the insane, particularly in light of a parliamentary inquiry into lunacy laws.
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