Bethlem Hospital, better known as Bedlam, became one of the most infamous mental asylums in British history. Patients were ...

"One can hardly imagine a human being in a more degraded and brutalised condition than that in which I found this female." These were the damning words of an inspector who visited London's Bethlem ...

The book stands on its own as a visual narrative on four centuries of society’s approach to mental illness. Over 650 illustrations from the archives of Wellcome Collection and Bethlem Royal Hospital ...

"This book is published in partnership with Wellcome Collection for the exhibition 'Bedlam: the asylum and beyond', curated by Mike Jay and Bárbara Rodriguez Mun̋oz, held at Wellcome Collection, ...