A History of Self-Harm in Britain A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Millard, Chris (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
• Σειρά: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
• Θέματα: Medicine.; History, Modern.; Great Britain > History.; Social history.; History.; Psychiatry.; Medicine > History.; Medicine & Public Health.; History of Medicine.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Science.; Social History.; Modern History.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: IX, 268 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137529626
• Πρόσβαση: Open Access

This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in twentieth-century Britain. It puts self-cutting and overdosing into historical perspective, linking them to the huge changes that occur in mental and physical healthcare, social work and wider politics.