The last asylum : a memoir of madness in our times /

The last asylum

a memoir of madness in our times

The last asylum

a memoir of madness in our times
Barbara Taylor
Book - 2015

"In the late 1970's, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institution, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London."-- back cover

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37413315830523 Available Non-fiction 362.2109 TAYLOR
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Barbara, 1950 April 11- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Taylor, Barbara, > 1950 April 11- > Mental health.
London (England). > County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
Friern Hospital.
Mental illness.
Mentally ill women > Institutional care > Great Britain.
Psychiatric hospitals > England > London.
Autobiographies.

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