Fiachra Byrne provides an overview of the research project and his own strand on juveniles in the latest issue of the Howard League’s ECAN Bulletin (July 2017)
Category: Mental Illness
What Can Performance Bring to the Table?
Janet Vaughan (Talking Birds) reflects on the connections between history and theatrical performance and the staging of Disorder Contained
Using Innovative Theatrical Strategies to Explore Solitary Confinement
Talking Birds Theatre company explore the impact of solitary confinement and its relationship to mental breakdown
Evolving Views on Epilepsy and Crime
Dr Holly Dunbar discusses the history of epilepsy, stigma and crime for Mental Health Week.
Separate Confinement and Insanity at Mountjoy Convict Prison, Dublin 1850-55
Associate Professor Catherine Cox explores the introduction of separate confinement to
Mountjoy Convict Prison, Dublin
The Asylum Trilogy: theatrical performances exploring the history of mental illness and its institutions
This blog explores the production of the upcoming performance by theatre company Talking Birds that will explore the history of mental illness and its institutions
Beyond Reading Gaol: Prison Writings and Mental Illness
Drawing on research from our ‘Prisoners and Mental Illness’ theme, Hilary Marland reveals how nineteenth-century prison memoirs illuminate experiences of mental breakdown in prison
Mentally Disordered Prisoners: Drawing on History
Hilary Marland and Catherine Cox reflect on the history of prisoner mental health
Crisis and Controversy: Prison Mental Healthcare in the Late 20th Century
Nicholas Duvall on the controversies surrounding prisoner mental healthcare in the late 20th century
Policy Workshop: The Prison and Mental Health. From Confinement to Diversion
Conveners: Hilary Marland (University of Warwick) and Catherine Cox (University College Dublin)
12 February 2016. Warwick Business School, London Campus, Eastern Lecture Theatre, The Shard, London
Prisoners and Mental Illness in Prisons, 1850–2000
Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland
Mental breakdown was often attributed to the intrinsic mental weakness of the prison population …
Mental Illness and Juvenile Prisoners, 1850–2000
Fiachra Byrne
Focusing on the ‘disturbed’ child who exhibited a pathological pattern of behaviour in detention settings …
Exploring the history of prisoner health 