title: Mental hospital life in the 50s.
abstract: The recollections of a retired psychiatrist concerning his time as a house doctor in a 1952 Scottish mental hospital. These pertain to early days of the National Health Service. He describes the routines and practices of those times, and he refers to some of his reactions to his experiences.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist Emeritus, Southampton University Hospitals, UK.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartlet
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D012606:Scotland; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Mental; history; hospital; psychiatry