The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints:

Trained as a physician and alienist (psychiatrist), John Conolly (1794–1866) first published this work in 1856. It describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where Conolly worked as resident physician. He argu...

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1. Verfasser: Conolly, John 1794-1866 (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1856
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. History of medicine
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Zusammenfassung:Trained as a physician and alienist (psychiatrist), John Conolly (1794–1866) first published this work in 1856. It describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where Conolly worked as resident physician. He argues for a system of non-restraint to be implemented as standard in all asylums, focusing on understanding patients as individuals and treating them with care and compassion. Conolly had introduced at Hanwell an innovative programme for patients that was based around positive activities, personal freedom, privacy, good-quality food, exercise, and, most importantly, the absence of any physical restraint. Though controversial at first, Conolly's enlightened methods and writings helped further the cause of humane treatment. This work remains a key text in the history of asylum reform and changing attitudes to mental illness
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 380 pages)
ISBN:9781139626361
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139626361

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