The Cost of insanity in nineteenth-century Ireland : public, voluntary and private asylum care / Alice Mauger.

1 . Introduction
2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
3. An Institutional Marketplace
4. 'A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?': The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
5. 'The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork': Employment, Gender and Insanity
6. 'A Great Source of Amusement': Work Therapy and Recreation
7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
8. Conclusion.