Psychiatry Observed

by Andrew Treacher and Geoffrey Baruch

Book Overview

Originally published in 1978, with the reform of the 1959 Mental Health Act under consideration, it was time to re-examine the recent policy of desegregating the mentally ill and treating them within general hospital psychiatric units rather than in mental hospitals. This shift in policy reflected a number of significant trends in contemporary British psychiatry. It signified the acceptance of the idea that mental disorder is like a physical illness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113832227X
• ISBN13: 9781138322271
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"