Madness at home : the psychiatrist, the patient, and the family in England, 1820-1860 /

This provocatively argued study, paints a fascinating picture of how families viewed and managed madness, suggesting that the family actually played a critical role in caring for the insane and in the development of psychiatry itself.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suzuki, Akihito, 1963-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2006.
Series:Medicine and society ; 13.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnfqp