The Afterlives of the Psychiatric Asylum: Recycling Concepts, Sites and Memories

by Robin Kearns and Graham Moon

The last 40 years has seen a significant shift from state commitment to asylum-based mental health care to a mixed economy of care in a variety of locations. In the wake of this deinstitutionalisation, attention to date has focussed on users and providers of care. The consequences for the idea and fabric of the psychiatric asylum have remained 'stones unturned'. This book address an enduring yet under-examined question: what has become of the asylum?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367668807
• ISBN13: 9780367668808
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"