Walsh Dermot
Health Research Board,42-47 Lower Mount Street,Dublin 2,Ireland.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2008 Dec;25(4):151-156. doi: 10.1017/S0790966700011307.
By the early 19th century the social manifestations of psychiatric disorder had become a matter of public and parliamentary pre-occupation in Ireland. This concern led to legislative provision for the establishment of a national system of district lunatic asylums. This paper describes some details of the early foundation of this system.
Examination of House of Commons papers on the lunatic asylums of Ireland 1835-1839.
Details are presented concerning the activities, numbers of residents, admissions and costs of the 11 asylums in operation by 1839.
By 1839 the operational, administrative and cultural characteristics of a national asylum system that would take another half century to complete and would extend well into the 20th century had been established.
到19世纪初,精神疾病的社会表现已成为爱尔兰公众和议会关注的问题。这种关注促使立法规定建立一个全国性的地区疯人院系统。本文描述了该系统早期建立的一些细节。
查阅1835 - 1839年下议院关于爱尔兰疯人院的文件。
列出了1839年运营的11所疯人院的活动、住院人数、入院情况和费用的详细信息。
到1839年,一个全国性疯人院系统的运营、管理和文化特征已经确立,而这个系统还需要半个世纪才能完成,并将一直延续到20世纪。