The Most Solitary of Afflictions

The Most Solitary of Afflictions
Author: Andrew Scull
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780300107548


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Andrew Scull studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England, tracing transformations in social practices & beliefs, the development of institutional management of the mad, & exposing the contrasts between the expectations of asylum founders & the harsh realities of institutional life. Originally published: 1993.


The Most Solitary of Afflictions
Language: en
Pages: 470
Authors: Andrew Scull
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Andrew Scull studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England, tracing transformations in social practices & beliefs, the development of institutiona
Madhouse
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Andrew Scull
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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A shocking story of medical brutality perfomed in the name of psychiatric medicine.
Madness in Civilization
Language: en
Pages: 12
Authors: Andrew Scull
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-06 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Originally published: London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015.
Undertaker of the Mind
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Jonathan Andrews
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-27 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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As visiting physician to Bethlem Hospital, the archetypal "Bedlam" and Britain's first and (for hundreds of years) only public institution for the insane, Dr. J
Madness: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 153
Authors: Andrew Scull
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"Andrew Scull examines the social, historical, and culturally variable response to madness over the centuries, providing a provocative and entertaining examinat