In this Book
- Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
summary
The Victorian Age saw the transformation of the madhouse into the asylum into the mental hospital; of the mad-doctor into the alienist into the psychiatrist; and of the madman (and madwoman) into the mental patient. In Andrew Scull's edited collection Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen, contributors' essays offer a historical analysis of the issues that continue to plague the psychiatric profession today. Topics covered include the debate over the effectiveness of institutional or community treatment, the boundary between insanity and criminal responsibility, the implementation of commitment laws, and the differences in defining and treating mental illness based on the gender of the patient.
Table of Contents
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- Contributors
- pp. xi-xiv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Part One: Mad-Doctors and Their Therapies
- Part Two: Institutions and the Inmate Experience
- Part Three: Changes in the Profession and Its Orientation
- Chapter Twelve: Victorian Women and Insanity
- pp. 313-336
- Part Four: Psychiatry and the Law
Additional Information
ISBN
9781512806823
Related ISBN(s)
9780812211191
MARC Record
OCLC
558577395
Pages
400
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1981