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Madness at Home: The Psychiatrist, the Patient, and the Family in England, 1820-1860
Akihito Suzuki
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Hardback. Presenting a picture of how families viewed and managed madness, this study suggests that the family actually played a critical role in caring for the insane and in the development of psychiatry itself. With case histories, it provides a historical perspective on the day and age, when the mentally ill are mainly treated in home and community. Series: Medicine and Society S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
The history of psychiatric institutions and the psychiatric profession is by now familiar: asylums multiplied in nineteenth-century England and psychiatry established itself as a medical specialty around the same time. We are, however, largely ignorant about madness at home in this key period: what were the family's attitudes toward its insane member, what were patient's lives like when they remained at home? Until now, most accounts have suggested that the family and community gradually abdicated responsibility for taking care of mentally ill members to the doctors who ran the asylums. However, this provocatively argued study, painting a fascinating picture of ... Read more
The history of psychiatric institutions and the psychiatric profession is by now familiar: asylums multiplied in nineteenth-century England and psychiatry established itself as a medical specialty around the same time. We are, however, largely ignorant about madness at home in this key period: what were the family's attitudes toward its insane member, what were patient's lives like when they remained at home? Until now, most accounts have suggested that the family and community gradually abdicated responsibility for taking care of mentally ill members to the doctors who ran the asylums. However, this provocatively argued study, painting a fascinating picture of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Medicine and Society S.
Condition
New
Weight
510g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520245808
SKU
V9780520245808
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About Akihito Suzuki
Akihito Suzuki is Professor of History in the School of Economics at Keio University, Japan.
Reviews for Madness at Home: The Psychiatrist, the Patient, and the Family in England, 1820-1860
A brilliant and profoundly original book, one of the most important contributions to the history of psychiatry in the past decade. - Andrew Scull, co-author of Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London Suzuki's sophisticated and revealing account is a persuasive reminder that the family's recent involvement in mental health care policy-making ... Read more