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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

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01.09.2010 | Original Article

Intellectual disability, mental illness and offending behaviour: forensic cases from early twentieth-century Ireland

verfasst von: B. D. Kelly

Erschienen in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Ausgabe 3/2010

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Abstract

Background

The history of institutional care for individuals with intellectual disability is under-researched, complex and troubling.

Aims

To explore the experiences of women who may have had intellectual disability and/or mental illness and were admitted to forensic psychiatric care in early twentieth-century Ireland.

Methods

All female case records at the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin from 1910 to 1948 (n = 42) were studied for evidence of possible intellectual disability and a series of five cases is presented in detail.

Results

These committals occurred in the context of adverse social conditions, over-crowding in asylums and a belief that rates of mental illness were rising. Particular challenges included diagnostic issues (especially in relation to intellectual disability), adjustment to asylum environments, mental illness and physical ill-health.

Conclusions

The institutional experiences of individuals with intellectual disability represents an important area for further historical research, using larger and more varied forensic populations.

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Titel: Intellectual disability, mental illness and offending behaviour: forensic cases from early twentieth-century Ireland
verfasst von: B. D. Kelly
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2010
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) / Ausgabe 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0021-1265
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-008-0188-1

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