Custody, Care and Criminality

Download or read book Custody, Care and Criminality written by Brendan Kelly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fundamentally important work, Professor Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, charting its progress and development. Using detailed case studies from the original records, the author examines some of the more unusual treatments explored and the history behind them. What emerges is a collection of piercing, untold stories of crime and illness, drama and tragedy. They are filled with a sense of the powerlessness of those detained and the dedicated – and sometimes misguided – enthusiasm of those trying to help. This book sheds important light on the foundations for the treatment of mental illness in Ireland.