%0 Journal Article
%T As good as it gets: an empirical study on mentally
%A Ingemar Ottosson
%A Louise Br£¿dvik
%A Malin Appelquist
%A Marie £¿sberg
%J History of Psychiatry
%@ 1740-2360
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0957154X18822930
%X General hospital care and treatment of mentally ill patients in a Swedish town was studied in records for 503 patients, 1896¨C1905. Restraint was extremely rare; 65% left the hospital as healthy or improved. Non-psychotic and alcoholic patients spent fewer days in hospital than patients with psychosis or dementia. There was no evidence of a social status bias. For 36% of the patients a certificate for mental hospital care was issued, with additional information. The cause of illness was stated as unknown for 42% of these patients; adverse circumstances were recorded for 18%. Heredity for mental illness was found in 50% of the patients, particularly in those with mania. Patients with a higher social status were underrepresented
%K Gender
%K general hospital psychiatry
%K history
%K precipitating events
%K sociodemographic factors
%K state at discharge
%K Sweden
%K treatment
%K 19th century
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957154X18822930