Suggestions and instructions with reference to sites, general arrangement of buildings, construction of buildings, plans and particulars, estimates of lunatic asylums

This booklet gives advice on the construction of lunatic asylums

Annual report.

Mode of access: Internet

Reduced risk of cancer in schizophrenia: A role for obstetric complications?

The lower risk of cancer in patients with schizophrenia is a longrecognized feature of the disorder, and the first reports on this date around 1909. Evidence, however, is far from having reached a shared consensus, while important negative results were reported, as well as surveys, describing an enhanced, rather than decreased risk among patients. [troncato

As Little Regard in Life as in Death: A Critical Analysis of Subjugation and Accountability Following Deaths in Psychiatric Detention

This article draws on insights from doctoral research into deaths in psychiatric detention in England and Wales. As the article demonstrates, the response to patients in death has often been reflective of the response to them in life, both historically and contemporarily. Furthermore, the families and friends of patients and those who raised concerns have also been treated in a similar manner to patients themselves. Some of the key areas explored in the article are the exercise of power over patients and their advocates by the medical profession and other official bodies, including the oppression, categorization, and dismissal that they have faced. The contestations and challenges of this power will also be explored and how dominant voices have been challenged through the emergence of alternative truths. Post-death procedures will also be critically examined, primarily the inquest and investigation processes, with a focus on issues surrounding the secrecy and lack of accountability apparent