Administration of mental health

Summary

"In the institution of a Lunatic Asylum there is this singularity, that the interests of the rich and poor are equally and immediately united ..."
So began James Currie's description of lunatic asylums in 1789. As Cummins comments, "With few exceptions, the mental hospitals as I knew them in 1961 still conformed to the functions ... as described by James Currie".

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Date of Publication: 31 December 2003
Author Branch: Media & Communications