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Section 1: How did things change in the 19th century?

(1.1) Section 1: How did things change in the 19th century?

(1.2) Changes during the 19th century

(1.3) Changes during the 19th century

(1.4) Changes during the 19th century

(1.5) The advent of moral therapy

(1.6) Conditions in the asylums

(1.7) The York Asylum fire

(1.8) Bethlem Hospital

(1.9) Early 19th century legislation and control of the confined insane

(1.10) Ways to confine the insane in 1832

(1.11) Legislation continued

(1.12) Reflection

(1.13) Reflection

(1.14) The Journal of Mental Science 1852

(1.15) The pendulum swings

(1.16) The press

(1.17) The Lancet Commission of 1877

(1.18) The Lancet Commission of 1877

(1.19) Reflection

(1.20) Reflection

(1.21) Reflection

(1.22) Reflection

(1.23) The 1890 Lunacy Act

(1.24) The conflict between medical and legal understanding of mental illness

(1.25) The conflict between medical and legal understanding of mental illness

(1.26) The conflict between medical and legal understanding of mental illness

(1.27) Audio: Thomas Bakewell’s evidence to the Select Committee 1815

(1.28) Audio: Thomas Bakewell’s evidence to the Select Committee 1815

(1.29) Section 1: Recap

(1.30) Section 1: Summary

Section 2: Early 20th century mental health legislation

(2.1) Section 2: Early 20th century mental health legislation

(2.2) Early 20th century mental health legislation

(2.3) World War I and its aftermath

(2.4) Reflection

(2.5) Reflection

(2.6) The military view of shellshock

(2.7) The Board of Control recommendations (1918)

(2.8) The Board of Control recommendations (1918)

(2.9) The Royal Commission recommendations (1928)

(2.10) The Mental Treatment Act 1930

(2.11) The Mental Treatment Act 1930

(2.12) Section 2: Recap

(2.13) Section 2: Summary

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Interactive timeline: 19th century mental health legislation

(1.28) Transcript: Thomas Bakewell’s evidence to the Select Committee 1815