Madness at Home : The Psychiatrist, the Patient, and the Family in England, 1820-1860 /

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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: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Mentally ill > Home care.
Mentally ill > Family relationships.
Mentally ill > Care.
Mental health laws.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sante mentale > Relations familiales > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sante mentale > Soins à domicile > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sante mentale > Soins > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mental Disorders > history
History, 19th Century
Psychiatry > history
Psychiatry > England > History > 19th century.
Mental health laws > England > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Family relationships > England > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Home care > England > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Care > England > History > 19th century.
England.
England
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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