Mind, State and Society
Social History of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Britain 1960–2010

A multidisciplinary account of the reforms in psychiatry and mental health in Britain during 1960-2010 and their relation to society.

George Ikkos (Edited by), Nick Bouras (Edited by)

9781911623717, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 June 2021

424 pages
24 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.87 kg

'The book seeks to show a rich and integrated picture of mental health … This is a book for study and reflection, mostly for specialists and professionals in psychiatry.' Alain Touwaide, Doody's Notes

Mind, State and Society examines the reforms in psychiatry and mental health services in Britain during 1960–2010, when de-institutionalisation and community care coincided with the increasing dominance of ideologies of social liberalism, identity politics and neoliberal economics. Featuring contributions from leading academics, policymakers, mental health clinicians, service users and carers, it offers a rich and integrated picture of mental health, covering experiences from children to older people; employment to homelessness; women to LGBTQ+; refugees to black and minority ethnic groups; and faith communities and the military. It asks important questions such as: what happened to peoples' mental health? What was it like to receive mental health services? And how was it to work in or lead clinical care? Seeking answers to questions within the broader social-political context, this book considers the implications for modern society and future policy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Preface German Berrios
Introduction: mind state and history in Britain 1960–2010 George Ikkos and Nick Bouras
Part I. Social and Institutional Contexts: 1. Historical perspectives in mental health and psychiatry Joanna Bourke
2. International context Edward Shorter
3. Liberty's command: liberal ideology, the mixed economy and the British welfare state Graham Scambler
4. Social theory, psychiatry and mental health services Rob Poole and Catherine Robinson
5. A sociological perspective on psychiatric epidemiology in Britain David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers
6. Life, change and charisma: memories of psychiatric hospitals in the 1960's Thomas Stephenson and Claire Hilton
7. Mental asylums, social exclusion and public scandals Louise Hide
Part II. The Cogwheels of Change: 8. Mental health law: 'legalism' and 'medicalism'- 'old' and 'new' George Szmukler and Larry Gostin
9. Ken Clarke in conversation with Peter Tyrer: my role in justice and health Peter Tyrer
10. UK mental health policy and practice Jon Glasby, Jerry Tew and Sarah-Jane Fenton
11. Mental health policy and economics in Britain Paul McCrone
12. True confessions of a new managerialist Elaine Murphy
13. Subjectivity, citizenship and mental health: service user perspectives Peter Beresford and Liz Brosnan
14. The voluntary sector Paul Farmer and Emily Blackshaw
15. Women in UK psychiatry and mental health Gianetta Rands
16. Biological psychiatry in the UK and beyond Stephen Lawrie
17. The pharmaceutical industry and the standardisation of psychiatric practice David Healy
18. The evolution of psychiatric practice in Britain Allan Beveridge
19. The changing roles of the professions in psychiatry and mental health- psychiatric (mental health) nursing Kevin Gournay and Peter Carter
20. Critical friends: antipsychiatry and clinical psychology Tom Burns and John Hall
Part III. Implications in Practice: 21. Changing generations I: children, adolescents and young people Arnon Bentovim
22. Changing generations II: the challenges of ageism in mental health policy Claire Hilton
23. Changing services I: clinical psychiatric perspective on community and primary care psychiatry mental health services Trevor Turner
24. Changing services II: from colony to community: people with developmental intellectual disability Peter Carpenter
25. Drugs, drug harms and drug laws in the UK – lessons from history Ilana Crome and David Nutt
26. Homelessness and mental health Philip Timms
27. From fear and pity to parity, politics and public mental health Peter Byrne
28. The origins of the dangerous and severe personality disorder programme in England Peter Tyrer
29. Psychiatry and mentally disordered offenders in England John Gunn and Pamela Taylor
30. Community psychiatry: a work in progress Tom Craig
31. UK deinstitutionalisation: neoliberal values and mental health Andrew Scull
Part IV. Special Topics: 32. Dealing with the melancholy void: responding to parents who experience pregnancy loss and perinatal death Hedy Cleaver and Wendy Rose
33. Work, unemployment and mental health Jed Boardman and Miles Rinaldi
34. Sexual diversity and UK psychiatry and mental health Annie Bartlett
35. Race, state and mind Doreen Joseph and Kam Bhui
36. Migrants and asylum seekers Peter Hughes and Cornelius Katona
37. Religion, spirituality and mental health Esther Ansah-Asamoah, Jamie Hacker Hughes, Ahmed Hankir and Christopher C. H. Cook
38. Soldiers, veterans and psychological casualties: legacies of N Ireland, Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq Edgar Jones
Epilogue: mind, state, society and 'our psychiatric future' George Ikkos and Nick Bouras.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], History of medicine [MBX]