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Humane treatment versus means of control: coercive measures in Norwegian high-security psychiatry, 1895–1978 (2019)

Rabben, Magne Brekke (Author)
Thomassen, Øyvind (Author)

History of Psychiatry
Volume: 30
Issue: 4
Pages: 424-442
Publication date: 2019
Language: English

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X19867256

DOI: 10.1177/0957154X19867256

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Psychiatry Medicine and ethics Science and technology studies (STS) Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment Social control Libraries and archives Security technologies Moral and ethical aspects Psychiatric hospitals 20th century 19th century Norway

This article analyses the use of coercive measures in two national institutions for high-security psychiatry in Norway – Kriminalasylet (Criminal Asylum) and Reitgjerdet – during the period 1895–1978. Historical study of coercion in psychiatry is a fruitful approach to new insight into the moral and ethical considerations within the institutions. We approach the topic through a qualitative study of patient case files and ward reports from the institutions’ archives, as well as a comprehensive quantification of the coercive measures used. The data show shifting considerations of humane treatment and changes in the respect for human dignity in the institutions’ practices. They also show that technological developments, such as the introduction of new psychopharmaceuticals, did not necessarily lead to higher standards of treatment.

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