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The Routledge history of madness and mental health / edited by Greg Eghigian.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge histories.
- Routledge histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--History.
- Mental illness.
- Mental health--History.
- Mental health.
- Psychiatry--History.
- Psychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- History of madness and mental health
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health explores the history and historiography of madness from the ancient and medieval worlds to the present day. Global in scope, it includes case studies from Africa, Asia, and South America as well as Europe and North America, drawing together the latest scholarship and source material in this growing field and allowing for fresh comparisons to be made across time and space. Thematically organised and written by leading academics, chapters discuss broad topics such as the representation of madness in literature and the visual arts, the material culture of madness, the perpetual difficulty of creating a classification system for madness and mental health, madness within life histories, the increased globalisation of knowledge and treatment practices, and the persistence of spiritual and supernatural conceptualisations of experiences associated with madness. This volume also examines the challenges involved in analysing primary sources in this area and how key themes such as class, gender, and race have influenced the treatment and diagnosis of madness throughout history. Chronologically and geographically wide-ranging, and providing a fascinating overview of the current state of the field, this is essential reading for all students of the history of madness, mental health, psychiatry, and medicine.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Madness in the ancient and medieval worlds
- pt. 2. Professions, institutions, and tools
- pt. 3. Beyond medicine
- pt. 4. Global dimensions, colonial and post-colonial settings
- pt. 5. Perspectives and experiences
- pt. 6. Maladies, disorders, and treatments.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78684-389-7
- 1-315-20221-2
- 1-351-78438-2
- 1-351-78439-0
- 9781315202211
- OCLC:
- 992155312
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