News Features
27 Oct 2017
Bedlam, a scene of noisy confusion, is derived from the St Mary of Bethlehem lunatic asylum in London, founded in 1247. Its name was abbreviated later to Bethlem. Bethlem is central to Mike Jay’s sumptuously illustrated text on madness, madhouses, lunatic asylums and mental hospitals. It contains a panophy of psychiatric photographs, a veritable cornucopia for psychiatric trainees and lecturers.