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International Relations in Psychiatry
Volker Roelcke (Ed.)
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Description for International Relations in Psychiatry
Paperback. International Relations in Psychiatry: Britain, Germany, and the United States to World War II addresses a crucial period in the history of psychiatry by examining the transfer of conceptual, institutional, and financial resources and the migration of psychiatrists between Britain, the United States, and Germany. Editor(s): Roelcke, Volker; Weindling, Paul J.; Westwood, Louise. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
The decades around 1900 were crucial in the evolution of modern medical and social sciences, and in the formation of various national health services systems. The modern fields of psychiatry and mental health care are located at the intersection of these spheres. There emerged concepts, practices, and institutions that marked responses to challenges posed by urbanization, industrialization, and the formation of the nation-state. These psychiatric responses were locally distinctive, and yet at the same time established influential models with an international impact. In spite of rising nationalism in Europe, the intellectual, institutional and material resources that emerged in the various ... Read more
The decades around 1900 were crucial in the evolution of modern medical and social sciences, and in the formation of various national health services systems. The modern fields of psychiatry and mental health care are located at the intersection of these spheres. There emerged concepts, practices, and institutions that marked responses to challenges posed by urbanization, industrialization, and the formation of the nation-state. These psychiatric responses were locally distinctive, and yet at the same time established influential models with an international impact. In spite of rising nationalism in Europe, the intellectual, institutional and material resources that emerged in the various ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464611
SKU
V9781580464611
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About Volker Roelcke (Ed.)
Paul Weindling is Wellcome Trust Research professor in the History of Medicine, Department of History, Oxford Brookes University.
Reviews for International Relations in Psychiatry
A clear example of the value of transnational methodologies for historians of science and medicine, whilst also demonstrating the depth of quality of current historical writing on mental health. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE The contributors to this volume demonstrate convincingly that any modern history of knowledge
and more specifically that of scientific disciplines ... Read more
and more specifically that of scientific disciplines ... Read more