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

Author/creator Suzuki, Akihito, 1963-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Subject(s)
Mentally ill--Care --England --History --19th century.
Mentally ill--Home care --England --History --19th century.
Mentally ill--Family relationships --England --History --19th century.
Mental health laws--England --History --19th century.
Psychiatry--England --History --19th century.
England.
Psychiatry--history.
History, 19th Century.
Mental Disorders--history.
Portion of title Psychiatrist, the patient, and the family in England, 1820-1860
Series Medicine and society ; 13
Contents Commissions of lunacy: background, sources, and content -- The structure of psychiatric practice -- The problems of liberty and property -- Managing lunatics within the domestic sphere -- Destabilizing the domestic psychiatric regime -- Public authorities and the ambiguities of the lunatic at home.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005010547
ISBN0520245806 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520245808

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