The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints

by John Conolly

Book Overview

Trained as a physician and alienist (psychiatrist), John Conolly (1794-1866) first published this work in 1856. It describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where Conolly worked as resident physician. He argues for a system of non-restraint to be implemented as standard in all asylums, focusing on understanding patients as individuals and treating them with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108063330
• ISBN13: 9781108063333
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"