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In 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum at Grangegorman in Dublin started an extraordinary programme of asylum building across Ireland, aimed at alleviating the suffering of people with mental illness who were homeless, in prison, or confined in appalling circumstances. By the mid-twentieth century, Ireland had proportionately more people in ‘mental hospitals’ than any other country in the world. On a given night, the number of people in Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals was more than double those in all our other institutions put together: prisons, laundries, mother and baby homes, industrial schools, orphanages. What was the life of a patient in an asylum really like?

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Author:   Brendan Kelly
Publisher:   Royal Irish Academy
Imprint:   Royal Irish Academy
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.00cm
ISBN:  

9781911479291

ISBN 10:   1911479296
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   04 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, and UCD Visiting Full Clinical Professor at UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin.

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