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John Thomas Perceval (14 February 1803 – 28 February 1876) was a British army officer who was confined in lunatic asylums for three years and spent the rest of his life campaigning for reform of the lunacy laws and for better treatment of asylum inmates. [1] He was one of the founders of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society and acted as their ...
16 de may. de 2008 · An expert by experience. Hugh Gault on John Thomas Perceval, a pioneer whose work for the mental health advocacy movement led to lasting improvements in mental health care. 16 May 2008.
John Thomas Perceval (14 de febrero de 1803 - 28 de febrero de 1876) fue un oficial del ejército británico que estuvo confinado en manicomios durante tres años y pasó el resto de su vida haciendo campaña por la reforma de las leyes sobre la locura y por un mejor trato a los reclusos del asilo.
JOHN THOMAS PERCEVAL (1803–1876) PATIENT AND REFORMER - PMC. Here's how you know. The .gov means it’s official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site. The site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website ...
- Richard Hunter, Ida Macalpine
- 1962
Perceval’s courage. John Thomas Perceval lived from 1803 to 1876, the son of a prime minister of England. His 40-year struggle with insanity showed that recovery was possible. Placed in an insane asylum against his will at the age of 29, Perceval single-handedly saw through his illness during the first year of his hospitalization.
- Elisabeth Gold
- 2007/08
- 2007
Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832. This is a moving and informative account by an intelligent patient of his 3 years of schizophrenia, together with his ideas about how he got that way and the happenings that contributed to his recovery.
The concept of recovery can be traced back as far as 1830, when John Perceval, son of one of England’s prime ministers, wrote of his personal recovery from the psychosis that he experienced from 1830 until 1832, a recovery that he obtained despite the “treatment” he received from the “lunatic” doctors who attended him.
