Asylum to Action

Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond

Helen Spandler

Number 16 in the Community, Culture and Change series

Paperback: £27.99 / $44.95

2006, royal, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-348-6, BIC 2: JKSN MBPK

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Preface. 1. Introduction and Context. 2. Paddington Day Hospital: The Early Years. 3. Protest and Social Action. 4. The Mental Patients Union. 5. Paddington Breakdown. 6. Asylum to Anarchy? 7. A Consumable Pill of History. 8. Anarchy to Asylum? Ongoing Conflicts in Practice. 9. Asylum to Action: Beyond the Therapeutic Community. Chronology of Key Events. References. Subject Index. Author Index.

Author information

• Helen Spandler

Subject areas

• Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• mental health,
• psychiatry,
• therapeutic communities

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