Main Social Order Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective (Medicine and Society, No 3)

Social Order Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective (Medicine and Society, No 3)

Name: Social Order Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective (Medicine and Society, No 3)
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ISBN: 9780585079257

Andrew Scull

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This book is an exploration of social responses to madness in England and the USA from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Scull examines a range of issues including the changing social meanings of madness, the emergence and consolidation of the psychiatric profession, the link between sex and madness, and the constitution, character and collapse of the asylum as the standard response to mental disorders.

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Year:

1992

Language:

English

Pages:

371

ISBN 10:

0520078896

ISBN 13:

9780585079257