The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland : Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care.
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Case Studies -- Context -- Records -- Social Class in Ireland -- Outline of Chapters -- References -- Part I Governing Insanity -- Chapter 2 The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns -- 'Confinement of the Higher Orders' -- 'The Great Class Which Lies Between' -- 'A Highly Useful and Benevolent Foundation' -- 'Asylums for the Lunatic Poor'? -- The Privy Council Clause -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 An Institutional Marketplace -- 'A Gross Abuse on the Tax Paying Public' -- 'Not Kept for Profit' -- 'The Trade in Lunacy'? -- Length and Outcome of Stay -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II Understanding Insanity -- Chapter 4 'A Considerable Degree Removed from Pauperism'?: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients -- Gender and Family Ties -- Religion, Occupation and Wealth -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 'The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork': Employment, Gender and Insanity -- Medical Aetiologies -- Urban Economies -- Rural Economies -- Policemen, Violence and Alcohol -- Women, Work and Domesticity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 'A Great Source of Amusement': Work Therapy and Recreation -- Productive Employment -- Recreational Activities -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients -- Expectations of Care -- Class, Religious and Political Tensions -- Expectations of Patients -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Methodology and Sources for Chapter 4 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.