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Inheriting Madness
Ian Dowbiggin
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Description for Inheriting Madness
Hardcover. Series: Medicine & society. Num Pages: 227 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness, Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and evolution of psychiatry during this period. In Dowbiggin's mind, this fondness for hereditarianism stemmed from the need to reconcile two counteracting factors. On the one hand, psychiatrists were attempting to expand their power and privileges by excluding other groups from the treatment of the mentally ill. On the other hand, medicine's failure to effectively ... Read more
Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness, Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and evolution of psychiatry during this period. In Dowbiggin's mind, this fondness for hereditarianism stemmed from the need to reconcile two counteracting factors. On the one hand, psychiatrists were attempting to expand their power and privileges by excluding other groups from the treatment of the mentally ill. On the other hand, medicine's failure to effectively ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
Series
Medicine & society
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520069374
SKU
V9780520069374
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About Ian Dowbiggin
Ian Dowbiggin is a Professor of HIstory at the University of Prince Edward Island.
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