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

By:

Suzuki, Akihito, 1963-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520932210
0520932218
1423745485
9781423745488
1598759310
9781598759310
9780520245808
0520245806
1282358839
9781282358836
9786612358838
6612358831

Other title:

Psychiatrist, the patient, and the family in England, 1820-1860

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Madness at home.DDC classification:

616.89/00942/09034 22

LOC classification:

RC450.G7 S89 2006eb

NLM classification:

W1
WM 11 FE5

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Contents:

Commission of lunacy: background, sources, and contents -- The structure of the psychiatric bedside -- 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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.