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Encyclopedia of asylum therapeutics, 1750-1950s / Mary de Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Young, Mary, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatry--Encyclopedias.
- Psychiatry.
- Mental Disorders--therapy.
- Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders--history.
- History, 18th Century.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.
- Mental Disorders--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Disorders--therapy.
- Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders--history.
- History, 18th Century.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.
- Mental Disorders--history.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- "The mentally ill have always been with us, but once confined in institutions their treatment has not always been of much interest or concern. Using published reports, studies, and personal narratives of doctors and patients, this book reveals how therapeutics have always been embedded in their particular social and historical moment"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780786468973
- 0786468971
- OCLC:
- 883647454
- Publisher Number:
- 99962469390
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