Madness at home : the psychiatrist, the patient and the family in England, 1820-1860 / Akihito Suzuki.
Pubblicazione:
Berkeley : University of California press, 2006.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Medicine and society ; 13
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Psychiatry in the private and the public spheres. 1. Commissions of lunacy: background, sources and content 2. The structure of psychiatric practice 3. The problems of liberty and property 4. managing lunatics eithin the domestic sphere 5. Destabilizing the domestic psychiatric regime 6. Public authorities and the ambiguities of the lunatic at home. Conclusion. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index