A History of the Mental Health Services (Paperback, 1)

Preface Introduction 1. Eighteenth-century custom 2. The growth of public concern 3. Subscription hospitals and county asylums 4. The reform movement 1815-27 5. The Metropolitan Commissioners 6. Ashley and the achievement of reform 7. The triumph of legalism 8. Mental defectives 9. Into the community 10. Towards a National Health Service 11. The three revolutions 12. The Mental Health Act 1959 13. Community care? 14. The price of integration Appendix Notes Bibliography Index