Beyond the asylum and before the ‘care in the community’ model
Exploring an overlooked early NHS mental health facility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19445215 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christina Malathouni (0000-0001-6233-6034, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 455-469 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-154X • E-ISSN: 1740-2360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957154x20945974 |
| PMID | 32748672 |
| OpenAlex | W3047123935 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article discusses the Admission and Treatment Unit at Fair Mile Hospital, in Cholsey, near Wallingford, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). This was the first new hospital to be completed in England following the launch of the National Health Service. The building was designed by Powell and Moya, one of the most important post-war English architectural practices, and was completed in 1956, but demolished in 2003. The article relates the commission of the building to landmark policy changes and argues for its historic significance in the context of the NHS and of the evolution of mental health care models and policies. It also argues for the need for further study of those early NHS facilities in view of current developments in mental health provision
Commission · Geography · Mental health · Mile · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |