A three-phase development of institutions for the mad is suggested, mainly on the
basis of studies in Norwegian legal history archives. The discrepancy between two
reports of 1812 and 1828 indicates a different watershed in the Norwegian history of
psychiatry from the mythical royal decree of 1736.
Holst, Frederik
(1823) Betragtninger over de nyere Britiske
Fængsler [Reflections on the newer British prisons] (
Christiania: Jacob Lehmanns Enke
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Holst, Frederik (1828) Beretning, Betænkning og Indstilling/fra
en til at undersøge de Sindssvages Kaar i Norge og gjøre
Forslag til deres Forbedring/i Aaret 1825 naadigst nedsat Kongelig
Commission..., udgivet af [F. Holst] [Report of the Madhouse Commission]
(Christiania: Jacob Lehmanns Enke).
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Kringlen, Einar
(2004)
A history of Norwegian psychiatry
. History of Psychiatry, 15 (3),
259–283
.
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Ludvigsen, Kari
(1998) Kunnskap og politikk i norsk sinnssykevesen
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Universitetet i Bergen: Institutt for
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