Thomson, Mathew. (1992) Sterilization, segregation and community care : ideology and solutions to the problem of mental deficiency in inter-war Britain. History of Psychiatry, Vol.3 (No.12). pp. 473-498. ISSN 0957-154X

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Abstract

In this paper I will attempt to explore the relationship between ideology, population and health through an analysis of posed solutions to the problem of mental deficiency in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain. At the same time I will attempt to show how the development of psychiatric care shared common ideological roots with other areas of welfare, penality and education, and can benefit from being removed from the isolation of psychiatric history.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Mental retardation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Mental retardation -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Mental retardation facilities -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Involuntary sterilization -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Psychiatry -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Journal or Publication Title:	History of Psychiatry
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0957-154X
Date:	1992
Volume:	Vol.3
Number:	No.12
Page Range:	pp. 473-498
Identification Number:	10.1177/0957154X9200301205
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/37812

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