Article ID: CBB514513304

Sexual abuse by superintending staff in the nineteenth-century lunatic asylum: medical practice, complaint and risk (2021)

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The nineteenth century witnessed a great shift in how insanity was regarded and treated. Well documented is the emergence of psychiatry as a medical specialization and the role of lunatic asylums in the West. Unclear are the relationships between the heads of institutions and the individuals treated within them. This article uses two cases at either end of the nineteenth century to demonstrate sexual misdemeanours in sites of mental health care, and particularly how they were dealt with, both legally and in the press. They illustrate issues around cultures of complaint and the consequences of these for medical careers. Far from being representative, they highlight the need for further research into the doctor–patient relationship within asylums, and what happened when the boundaries were blurred.

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Authors & Contributors
Andrews, Jonathan
Dalgalarrondo, Paulo
Dening, Tom
Garton, Stephen
Hähner-Rombach, Sylvelyn
Hornblum, Allen M.
Journals
History of Psychiatry
Social History of Medicine
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
French Historical Studies
Journal of European Studies
Publishers
Fayard
Franz Steiner Verlag
Inanna Publications
Laterza
Palgrave Macmillan
Routledge
Concepts
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Doctor-patient relationships
Mental disorders and diseases
Medical abuse
Patients
People
Diamond, Hugh Welch
Freud, Sigmund
Morselli, Enrico
Frame, James
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Canada
Germany
Scotland
France
Italy
Brazil
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