Asylum to Action Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond |
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| Author:
| Spandler, Helen |
| Series title: | Community, Culture, and Change Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84642-487-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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Asylum to Action offers an alternative history of a libertarian therapeutic community at Paddington Day Hospital in West London in the 1970s. Helen Spandler recaptures the radical aspirations, as well as the conflicts, of the early therapeutic community movement, radical psychiatry and the patients' movement.
Asylum to Action offers an alternative history of a libertarian therapeutic community at Paddington Day Hospital in West London in the 1970s. Helen Spandler recaptures the radical aspirations, as well as the conflicts, of the early therapeutic community movement, radical psychiatry and the patients' movement.