This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century.It takes the present literature beyond the 'asylum and after' paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional walls and consider mental health through the lenses of institutions, policy, nomenclature, art, lived experience, and popular culture.The book adopts an international scope covering the historical experiences of Britain, Ireland, and North America. In accordance with this broad approach, contributions to the volume span academic fields such as history, arts, literary studies, sociology, and psychology, mirroring the diversity of the subject matter.

This book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2019

ISBN

9783030272753

Topic

History

Subtopic

Social History

Index

History

Cover
Front Matter
1. Introduction to Healthy Minds: Mental Health Practice and Perception in the Twentieth Century
2. ‘The Holy War Against Alcohol’: Alcoholism, Medicine and Psychiatry in Ireland, c. 1890–1921
3. Social Stigma, Stress and Enforced Transition in Specialist Epilepsy Services 1905–1965
4. Planning for the Future: Special Education and the Creation of ‘Healthy Minds’
5. Healthy Minds and Intellectual Disability
6. Sheltered Employment and Mental Health in Britain: Remploy c.1945–1981
7. Autism in the Twentieth Century: An Evolution of a Controversial Condition
8. Challenging Psychiatric Classification: Healthy Autistic Diversity and the Neurodiversity Movement
9. The National Schizophrenia Fellowship: Charity, Caregiving and Strategies of Coping, 1960–1980
10. ‘(Un)healthy Minds’ and Visual and Tactile Arts, c.1900–1950
11. The Myth of Dream-Hacking and ‘Inner Space’ in Science Fiction, 1948–2010
Correction to: Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century
Back Matter