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This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day. These include women and the social construciton of madness, the boarding out of lunatics by poor law authorities, familial care and treatment of the insane and the practice of mental healing by general practitioners.

History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- Psychiatry --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Mentally ill --- Community mental health services --- Psychiatric hospital care --- Mental health policy --- Malades mentaux --- Services communautaires de santé mentale --- Hôpitaux psychiatriques --- Santé mentale --- Care --- History --- Soins --- Histoire --- Politique gouvernementale --- Mental health policy -- Great Britain -- History. --- Mental health policy -- Ireland -- History. --- Psychiatric hospital care -- Great Britain -- History. --- Psychiatric hospital care -- Ireland -- History. --- Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History. --- Psychiatric hospitals -- Ireland -- History. --- Hospitals, Special --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Public Policy --- Health Services --- Hospitals --- Social Control Policies --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Health Care --- Social Control, Formal --- Policy --- Health Facilities --- Sociology --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Hospitals, Psychiatric --- Health Policy --- Mental Health Services --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Psychiatry - General --- Services communautaires de santé mentale --- Hôpitaux psychiatriques --- Santé mentale