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Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen

Making Mental Health

A Critical History. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 1,0 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780367367855

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186 Seiten
August 2024
Routledge

The book historicizes mental health by examining the concept from the 'madness' of the late 19th century to the changing ideas about its contemporary concerns and status.

Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research examines the history of psychiatry and medicine as well as the history of warfare. Between 2016 and 2021 she was an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow in the university's Centre for the Study of Violence.

Introduction. 1. Walls. 2. Cures. 3. States. 4. Universals. 5. Discontents. 6. Markets. Conclusion. References.