Social Order/Mental Disorder

Social Order/Mental Disorder Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective - Medicine and Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780520078895
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
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Language: English
Weight: 485g
Height: 150mm
Width: 230mm
Spine width: 22mm