Elmebetegügy a 18–19. század fordulóján: elméleti keretek, koncepciók, megoldási javaslatok
Mental Health Policy at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century: Theoretical Framework, Concepts, Proposals

Summary/Abstract: Analysing theoretical approaches and pragmatic proposals found in literature of law enforcement and health administration, the study examines the contemporary theory of and approaches to the care for people living with an infirmity of either mind or soul. The overview also takes into account the English model, which was considered exemplary at the time, as well as concepts found in the references of German-language works and in Hungarian health administration-related texts. Special emphasis is placed on the contexts which these texts deploy, such as questions of poverty and discipline, the most frequently discussed topics, symptomatology, as well as the terms and speech modes used to describe the patients and their condition. Further questions concern whose remit healthcare was thought to be at the time, where mental health patients belonged within institutionalised caregiving, and what the actual and/or idealised image of these institutions was like in health administration and enforcement texts. The study scrutinizes contemporary pragmatic healthcare solutions by surveying theorists’ attitudes and answers to these questions – each coming from their own respective disciplines.

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