TY - JOUR
T1 - What Were the Nursing Practices of Mental Health Nurses in Mental Institutions 1800 to 1960
T2 - A Scoping Review
AU - Bradshaw, Julie
AU - Willis, Eileen
PY - 2022/11/16
Y1 - 2022/11/16
N2 - This scoping literature review describes the practices of nurses working in mental asylums between 1800 and 1960 prior to the introduction of psychotropic drugs. Studies published in English from 1976 to 2021 from CINAHL, PubMed, ProQuest, PsyINFO, MEDLINE and Google were searched in August 2021. Twenty-three papers were retrieved with three distinct periods identified that shaped nursing practice. These were custodial care, moral and somatic treatment. Shifts in nursing practice were shaped by the desire of psychiatry to be recognised as a medical speciality, the feminisation of nursing and the formal development of nurse training in general hospitals.
AB - This scoping literature review describes the practices of nurses working in mental asylums between 1800 and 1960 prior to the introduction of psychotropic drugs. Studies published in English from 1976 to 2021 from CINAHL, PubMed, ProQuest, PsyINFO, MEDLINE and Google were searched in August 2021. Twenty-three papers were retrieved with three distinct periods identified that shaped nursing practice. These were custodial care, moral and somatic treatment. Shifts in nursing practice were shaped by the desire of psychiatry to be recognised as a medical speciality, the feminisation of nursing and the formal development of nurse training in general hospitals.
KW - Psychiatry
KW - Insanity
KW - Psychiatric Hospitals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142291139&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01612840.2022.2137265
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2022.2137265
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85142291139
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
ER -