Overview
- Explores a broad range of historical perspectives on mental health and illness.
- Chapters cover a broad chronological and geographical scope, from the early modern period to the late twentieth century, and across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.
- Presents a wide range of opinions and views on mental health from patients, practitioners, families and their communities
Part of the book series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective (MHHP)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Shifting Perspectives in the Industry of Madness
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Reconstructing Patient Perspectives
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Mad Studies and Activism
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About this book
Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Reviews
“This edited collection of interdisciplinary chapters offers new and innovative perspectives on mental health and illness in the past and covers a breadth of opinions, views, and interpretations from patients, practitioners, policy makers, family members and wider communities.” (Filippo M. Sposini, H-Madness, historypsychiatry.com, April 21, 2021)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rob Ellis is a Reader in History and the author of London and its Asylums, 1888-1914: Politics and Madness (2020). He has published widely on the histories of mental ill-health and learning disability and has co-produced a range of impact and engagement projects that have emphasized their contemporary relevance.
Sarah Kendal is a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. She has a clinical background and has published widely on mental health and illness. Her interests include current practice and how that can be informed by the past.
Steven J. Taylor is a Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Kent, UK, and author of Child Insanity in England, 1845-1907, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017. His research explores ideas and constructions of childhood health, lay and professional diagnoses, ability and disability, and institutional care.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voices in the History of Madness
Book Subtitle: Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Health and Illness
Editors: Robert Ellis, Sarah Kendal, Steven J. Taylor
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69559-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69558-3Published: 13 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69561-3Published: 13 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69559-0Published: 12 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 430
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, History of Medicine, Oral History, Psychiatry