tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post5249209954270835877..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: From Madhouse to Asylum: The Evolution of the Treatment of Mental Illness Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-3437851768081476302013-06-05T16:21:00.803-07:002013-06-05T16:21:00.803-07:00Thanks for your comments.
I did not assume all w...Thanks for your comments. <br /><br />I did not assume all was well since, Diana. :) Sadly not. It is still a work in progress. The next post will tell more. Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-28266364429679309172013-06-03T01:58:40.484-07:002013-06-03T01:58:40.484-07:00An interesting post into a difficult subject. We w...An interesting post into a difficult subject. We would like to think that you are right Debra, in assuming all has been well since, but I'm sad to say that I think that cruelty and neglect, sometimes due to ignorance but at times due to a few extremely nasty characters who managed to gets posts in our major institutions for the mentally ill, still happened up until the middle of the last century. The most moving book I ever read was 'The Skaligrigg' by Michael Horewood. Fiction I know, but it also explores the lack of understanding of the intelligence of people with Cerebral Palsey, for instance, which would be unheard of today. Thank God times have changed eh. All the best DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-46784650086800609102013-06-02T11:50:12.814-07:002013-06-02T11:50:12.814-07:00Thank you for this interesting, thought provoking,...Thank you for this interesting, thought provoking, and rather heart breaking post. I can't imagine the horrors these poor people must have suffered. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341569924874889240noreply@blogger.com