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OverviewIn the mid-1850s, the counties of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire set about looking for a site for a new asylum to house their 'pauper lunatics'. Two hundred acres of farmland at Stotfold on the Hertfordshire-Bedfordshire border were purchased and in March 1860 the first patients were admitted to the new Three Counties Asylum (TCA). The asylum was in operation for almost a century and a half and, as approaches to treating mental illness changed, so did TCA. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Judith Pettigrew , Rory Reynolds , Rory ReynoldsPublisher: University of Hertfordshire Press Imprint: Hertfordshire Publications Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781909291508ISBN 10: 1909291501 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 30 September 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJudith Pettigrew is a social anthropologist and an occupational therapist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Clinical Therapies at the University of Limerick. Rory Reynolds is a systemic family psychotherapist in CAMHS Bedfordshire. Alongside his mental health work, Rory runs a successful theatre company and is the longstanding artistic director of the Queen Mother Theatre in Hitchin. Sandra Rouse is also a social anthropologist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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