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Care of the mentally ill in Ireland in 1901 – the vindication of a policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Unit, Health Research Board, Knockmaun House, Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Abstract

This paper investigates the characteristics of those under inpatient psychiatric care in 1901 in the context of a policy formulated to provide institutional care and treatment for mentally ill persons. It presents data on admissions, discharges and deaths, their demographic and clinical characteristics and reported outcomes.

Keywords

IrelandPolicyPsychiatric inpatients1901.
Type
Historical
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 149 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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