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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 115-128 |
| Journal | History of Psychiatry |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 21 Oct 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2017 |
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- psychiatric care
- Scottish history
- psychiatric hospitals
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‘Heading up a blind alley’? Scottish psychiatric hospitals in the era of deinstitutionalization. / Long, Vicky.
In: History of Psychiatry, Vol. 28, No. 1, 01.03.2017, p. 115-128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - ‘Heading up a blind alley’? Scottish psychiatric hospitals in the era of deinstitutionalization
AU - Long, Vicky
N1 - Accepted: 7-6-16 (in SAN) Online pub: 21-10-16 AAM: author confirmed file is right version; re-uploaded to correct field 10-11-16 (deposit date) No embargo required - immediate OA
PY - 2017/3/1
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N2 - This article examines Scottish provision of psychiatric care in the 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrates that institutional services did not rapidly disappear across the UK following the Ministry of Health’s decision to shut down psychiatric hospitals in 1961, and highlights Scotland’s distinctive trajectory. Furthermore, it contends that psychiatric hospitals developed new approaches to assist patients in this era, thereby contributing towards the transformation of post-war psychiatric practice. Connecting a discussion of policy with an analysis of provision, it examines the Department of Health for Scotland’s cautious response to the Ministry’s embrace of deinstitutionalization, before analysing Glasgow’s psychiatric provision in the 1970s. At this point the city boasted virtually no community-based services, and relied heavily on its under-resourced and over-burdened hospitals. Closer analysis dispels any impression of stagnation, revealing how ideologies of deinstitutionalization transformed institutional care.
AB - This article examines Scottish provision of psychiatric care in the 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrates that institutional services did not rapidly disappear across the UK following the Ministry of Health’s decision to shut down psychiatric hospitals in 1961, and highlights Scotland’s distinctive trajectory. Furthermore, it contends that psychiatric hospitals developed new approaches to assist patients in this era, thereby contributing towards the transformation of post-war psychiatric practice. Connecting a discussion of policy with an analysis of provision, it examines the Department of Health for Scotland’s cautious response to the Ministry’s embrace of deinstitutionalization, before analysing Glasgow’s psychiatric provision in the 1970s. At this point the city boasted virtually no community-based services, and relied heavily on its under-resourced and over-burdened hospitals. Closer analysis dispels any impression of stagnation, revealing how ideologies of deinstitutionalization transformed institutional care.
KW - psychiatric care
KW - Scottish history
KW - psychiatric hospitals
U2 - 10.1177/0957154X16673025
DO - 10.1177/0957154X16673025
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 115
EP - 128
JO - History of Psychiatry
JF - History of Psychiatry
SN - 1740-2360
IS - 1
ER -