Bedlam: London’s Hospital for the Mad

An absorbing look at the history and development of mental health care in Britain which has emanated from Bethlem hospital - one of the country's first and mostnotorious psychiatric hospitals. The author shows how much more there is to the story of Bedlam, providing a compelling exploration of an institution which continues to fascinate today, carefully balancing the gore, depravity and madness against a touching, sensitive and often comic story.