Mental Health and Canadian Society
：Historical Perspectives
( McGill-Queens/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society )
Publication subTitle ：Historical Perspectives
Publication series ：McGill-Queens/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2006
E-ISBN: 9780773576544
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773531314
Subject： B84 Psychology;R3 Basic Medical
Keyword： 基础医学
Language： ENG
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Description
In 1860, inmates built a brick wall around the Toronto Lunatic Asylum to separate themselves from prying eyes. The lunatic asylum has played a continuing role in historical attempts to deal with mental health, injecting tragic, almost gothic overtones of geographical isolation, medical experimentation, and social control into public perceptions of the field.