Mental Health and Politics in Northern Ireland

Mental Health and Politics in Northern Ireland
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Download or read book Mental Health and Politics in Northern Ireland written by Pauline Prior and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Ireland, which remained virtually unchanged until after World War II. The 1950s and 1960s were revolutionary, heralding the emergence of a modern mental health care system, under the direction of the newly-created Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority.


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