Search for dissertations about: "Elisabeth Mansén"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Elisabeth Mansén.

2. 1. Erotic Insanity : Sex and psychiatry at Vadstena asylum, Sweden 1849-1878

   Author : Imelda Helena Ek; Elisabeth Mansén; Karin Dirke; Maja Bondestam; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of psychiatry; history of medicine; asylums; moral treatment; medicine and society; history of sexuality; nineteenth century; Vadstena; Ludvig Magnus Hjertstedt; Georg Engström; Gustaf Göthlin; idéhistoria; History of Ideas;

   Abstract : The early nineteenth century saw the emergence of institutional psychiatry across Europe. Aware that Sweden had fallen behind in this development, Parliament decreed in 1823 that a number of specialised institutions for the care of the insane were to be established. The Vadstena asylum, opened in 1826, was the first such institution in Sweden. READ MORE