Out of Sight | Madness
A look at the rise and fall of the asylum. Conceived as a safe haven for the insane, the reality was somewhat more brutal as typified by the mass murder of the insane in Nazi Germany. But have attitudes to madness changed over 400yrs?
Tweet
Further Information
Similar broadcast resources
Humane treatments for mental health | Mental: A History of the Madhouse
The development of a more humane approach to mental health treatment including drug treatment.
Historical treatments for mental health | Mental: A History of the Madhouse
A comparison of ECT and Lobotomy and acknowledgement of the inhumane treatment within asylums