Damien Brennan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4504084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damien Brennan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damien |
| FAMILY NAME | Brennan |
| SIGNATURE | BRENNAN D |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6036-3848 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The myth of the Irish insanity epidemic
Driven by recommendations of the Select Committee to Consider the State of the Lunatic Poor in Ireland (1817), a centrally administered public asylum system under British colonial administration was established in early nineteenth-century Ireland. The Select Committee asserted that, for reasons ranging from &s;hereditary scrofulous habits of the lower classes&s; to &s;the use of ardent spirits [and] mercury&s;, there was a high rate of &s;Irish i…
Irish Insanity
The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems. Irish Insanity identifies the long-term trends in instituti…
Irish Insanity, 1800-2000
Irish Insanity
The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems. Irish Insanity identifies the long-term trends in instituti…
Irish Insanity
The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems. Irish Insanity identifies the long-term trends in instituti…
Irish Insanity, 1800-2000
The myth of the Irish insanity epidemic
Driven by recommendations of the Select Committee to Consider the State of the Lunatic Poor in Ireland (1817), a centrally administered public asylum system under British colonial administration was established in early nineteenth-century Ireland. The Select Committee asserted that, for reasons ranging from &s;hereditary scrofulous habits of the lower classes&s; to &s;the use of ardent spirits [and] mercury&s;, there was a high rate of &s;Irish i…
Insanity (2 works) · Irish (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 19th century (1 works) · 20th century (1 works) · Care (1 works) · Care (1 works)