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This book is a collection of studies on mental health services in Ireland from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. Essays cover overall

This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it exp

Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland is a monumental work by one of Ireland’s leading psychiatrists, encompassing every psychiatric developmen

This text traces the development of policies for mentally ill people in Northern Ireland. It describes a service based on lunacy law inherited from 19th-century