Psychological classification and diagnosis in asylum statistics, 1800-1948 : the British Table of the Forms of Insanity / Kevin Matthew Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Kevin (Kevin Matthew), 1984- author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost

Series:

Mental health in historical perspective 2634-6044

Mental health in historical perspective, 2634-6044

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medico-psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland--History.

Medico-psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland.

Psychodiagnostics--Great Britain--History.

Psychodiagnostics.

Psychiatric hospitals--Great Britain--History.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 355 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Beginnings of a British Standard Classification, c. 1845-1860

2. Statistics, Causal Explanations of Insanity and Revisions to the Standard Classification: Medico-Psychological Association Debates c.1860-1882

3. "A Higgledy Piggledy Conglomeration": Prognosis and the "Proto-Kraepelinian" Standard Classification c.1902-1906

4. Heterogeneity and Crisis: The Final Series of Revisions to the Standard Classification c.1928-1932

5. The International Influence of the British Standard Classification During the Interwar Years

6. Globalisation, Imperialism and the World Health Organisation's Classification: The End of the "Mesozoic" British Standard Classification: c.1938-1960.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 9, 2025).

ISBN:

9783031461545

3031461541

Publisher Number:

90102076231

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.