Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen : The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0812211197
ISBN-13
9780812211191
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint
University of Pennsylvania Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 1st, 1981
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
616 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 22.90 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural history
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The Victorian Age saw the transformation of the madhouse into the asylum into the mental hospital; of the mad-doctor into the alienist into the psychiatrist; and of the madman (and madwoman) into the mental patient. In Andrew Scull's edited collection Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen, contributors' essays offer a historical analysis of the issues that continue to plague the psychiatric profession today. Topics covered include the debate over the effectiveness of institutional or community treatment, the boundary between insanity and criminal responsibility, the implementation of commitment laws, and the differences in defining and treating mental illness based on the gender of the patient.
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