Outpatients clinics and the 1930 Mental Treatment Act: Patients and practitioners, c.1888–c.1940
Published online on April 16, 2026
Abstract
History of Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
This article explores the introduction of the 1930 Mental Treatment Act (MTA) and places it within a longer-term trajectory of the development of acute services. While many historians have considered the apparent novelty of the MTA, they have tended to ...
This article explores the introduction of the 1930 Mental Treatment Act (MTA) and places it within a longer-term trajectory of the development of acute services. While many historians have considered the apparent novelty of the MTA, they have tended to ...