Why talk about madness? : bringing history into the conversation / Catharine Coleborne.
"This short book argues for the relevance of historical perspectives on mental health, exploring how these histories can and should inform debates about mental healthcare today. Why is it important to study the history of madness? What does it mean to voice these histories? What can these tell...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Mental health in historical perspective.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
Table of Contents:
- Why talk about madness?
- Asylum archives and cases as stories
- The asylum and its afterlife
- Extra-institutional care, or madness uncontained
- Talking about mental health and the politics of madness
- What's the story?
- Appendix A: Mad studies conferences, symposia and events, 2014-2019
- Appendix B: Mad studies networks and social media.