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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

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Martin Sixsmith examines what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and seeks to understand what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind: Care in the Community

02/05/2014

Care in the Community

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Martin Sixsmith outlines the reforms that closed Britain's Victorian asylums.

Martin Sixsmith outlines the reforms that closed Britain's Victorian asylums and a new policy of 'care in the community'. From May 2014.

At the end of this week of programmes examining psychiatry, the medicalised model for treating mental illness, Martin outlines the impact of reforms during the latter half of the Twentieth Century that resulted in the closure of Britain's Victorian asylums and a new policy of 'care in the community'.

Series consultant, Professor Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University of London.

Producer: Alan Hall
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