Care in the Community

Though often constrained by limited medical knowledge, 18th-century communities offered practical and emotional support to those experiencing mental distress.

Ella Sbaraini | Published in History Today Volume 73 Issue 1 January 2023

The Virtuous Comforted by Sympathy & Attention, by Edward Penny, 1774. Courtesy Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

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