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"Shattered nerves" : doctors, patients, and depression in Victorian England
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oppenheim, Janet, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depression, Mental--History--19th century--England--Biography.
- Depression, Mental.
- Depressed persons--Treatment--History--19th century--England.
- Depressed persons.
- Depression, Mental--England.
- Mental Disorders.
- Mood Disorders.
- Psychology.
- Neurotic Disorders.
- Depressive Disorder.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Disorders.
- Mood Disorders.
- Psychology.
- Neurotic Disorders.
- Depressive Disorder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 388 p.)
- Other Title:
- “Shattered Nerves”
- Shattered Nerves
- "Shattered nerves"
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An examination of pre-Freudian psychiatric developments illustrated with biographical sketches of doctors and patients alike. The text attempts to place a puzzling medical problem in its full social, cultural and intellectual context.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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