R R W Ellis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5639335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R R W Ellis |
| GIVEN NAMES | R R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellis |
| SIGNATURE | ELLIS R R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3225-6807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1870 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Outpatients clinics and the 1930 Mental Treatment Act
This article explores the introduction of the 1930 Mental Treatment Act (MTA) and places it within a longer-term trajectory of the development of acute services. While many historians have considered the apparent novelty of the MTA, they have tended to see the development of outpatients clinics as separate from the ongoing demand on in-patient services. Using patient case files from the West Riding Mental Hospital, in the northern English county …
Co-producing madness
Public engagement is increasingly seen as an expected part of the armoury of the twenty-first century academic. With increased scrutiny on the humanities, stemming from a neo-liberal critique of their value, it appears to offer a relatively straightforward opportunity to demonstrate the real-world application of research beyond the ivory towers of academia. For historians of madness and mental ill health, the links between their findings and the …
Heritage and Stigma. Co-producing and communicating the histories of mental health and learning disability
University engagement with mental health services has traditionally been informed by the vocational and pedagogical links between the two sectors. However, a growth in the interest in public history and in the history of mental healthcare has offered new opportunities for those in the humanities to engage new audiences and to challenge perceptions about care in the past. The introduction of the 'impact agenda' and related funding streams has furt…
Re-evaluating Pompeii’s Coin Finds
‘Without decontextualisation’
This paper builds on recent scholarship exploring museum exhibitions and the heritage of mental health care. Using the development of the Stanley Royd Museum in the mid-1970s as a case study, the paper will examine the rationale for the opening of the museum and its link to changing perceptions of mental hospitals in both historical study and what was then ‘current’ practice. It will then provide an overview of the proposed audience for the new m…
Asylums and Sport
In the histories of mental institutions, sports and recreations have played a central role. Particular focus has been placed on staff and patients but it is only recently that historians have sought to explain the role of sport in general, and cricket in particular, in therapeutic terms. In addition, other recent work has highlighted the importance of cricket as one of the activities that placed asylums at the centre of a wider network within soc…
Khat Chali
Khat Chali Get access R. R. W. Ellis R. R. W. Ellis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s4-VI, Issue 157, 31 December 1870, Pages 568–569, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s4-VI.157.568g Published: 31 December 1870
Co-producing madness
Public engagement is increasingly seen as an expected part of the armoury of the twenty-first century academic. With increased scrutiny on the humanities, stemming from a neo-liberal critique of their value, it appears to offer a relatively straightforward opportunity to demonstrate the real-world application of research beyond the ivory towers of academia. For historians of madness and mental ill health, the links between their findings and the …
Asylums and Sport
In the histories of mental institutions, sports and recreations have played a central role. Particular focus has been placed on staff and patients but it is only recently that historians have sought to explain the role of sport in general, and cricket in particular, in therapeutic terms. In addition, other recent work has highlighted the importance of cricket as one of the activities that placed asylums at the centre of a wider network within soc…
Khat Chali
Khat Chali Get access R. R. W. Ellis R. R. W. Ellis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s4-VI, Issue 157, 31 December 1870, Pages 568–569, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s4-VI.157.568g Published: 31 December 1870
Asylums and Sport
In the histories of mental institutions, sports and recreations have played a central role. Particular focus has been placed on staff and patients but it is only recently that historians have sought to explain the role of sport in general, and cricket in particular, in therapeutic terms. In addition, other recent work has highlighted the importance of cricket as one of the activities that placed asylums at the centre of a wider network within soc…
‘Without decontextualisation’
This paper builds on recent scholarship exploring museum exhibitions and the heritage of mental health care. Using the development of the Stanley Royd Museum in the mid-1970s as a case study, the paper will examine the rationale for the opening of the museum and its link to changing perceptions of mental hospitals in both historical study and what was then ‘current’ practice. It will then provide an overview of the proposed audience for the new m…
Re-evaluating Pompeii’s Coin Finds
Heritage and Stigma. Co-producing and communicating the histories of mental health and learning disability
University engagement with mental health services has traditionally been informed by the vocational and pedagogical links between the two sectors. However, a growth in the interest in public history and in the history of mental healthcare has offered new opportunities for those in the humanities to engage new audiences and to challenge perceptions about care in the past. The introduction of the 'impact agenda' and related funding streams has furt…
Co-producing madness
Public engagement is increasingly seen as an expected part of the armoury of the twenty-first century academic. With increased scrutiny on the humanities, stemming from a neo-liberal critique of their value, it appears to offer a relatively straightforward opportunity to demonstrate the real-world application of research beyond the ivory towers of academia. For historians of madness and mental ill health, the links between their findings and the …
Outpatients clinics and the 1930 Mental Treatment Act
This article explores the introduction of the 1930 Mental Treatment Act (MTA) and places it within a longer-term trajectory of the development of acute services. While many historians have considered the apparent novelty of the MTA, they have tended to see the development of outpatients clinics as separate from the ongoing demand on in-patient services. Using patient case files from the West Riding Mental Hospital, in the northern English county …
Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)