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The advent of deinstitutionalisation and the introduction of community care in the latter part of the twentieth century have revolutionised mental-health service provision across Europe, although implementation, timing and services have varied widely in different countries. This article compares the changing dimensions of mental-health provision in post-independence Ireland with that in England, and will shed light on the current state of mental healthcare in both countries. The article calls for more research into the impact of deinstitutionalisation, such as the challenges faced in the community for those in need of continuing care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the interwar child psychiatry at Maudsley Hospital in London, England. In this paper, the expansion of the hospital's children's department is explored, in relation to novel behaviourist hypotheses and forging of formal links with local government and charitable bodies. It is noted that this development would structure the theoretical origins of child psychiatry.