Managing Madness: Changing Ideas and Practice
Published 1 January 1997
Joan Busfield
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Originally published in 1986, this title explores the history and theory of psychiatry to illuminate current practice at the time, and shows why mental health services had developed in particular ways.
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In this review of society's treatment of the insane, the author describes changing attitudes to mental illness.
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PsychologyArts and Humanities
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