A History of Self-Harm in Britain A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing / [electronic resource] :
by Chris Millard.
- 1st ed. 2015.
- IX, 268 p. online resource.
- Mental Health in Historical Perspective .
- Mental Health in Historical Perspective .
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.
9781137529626
10.1007/978-1-137-52962-6 doi
Medicine—History. Great Britain—History. History. Social history. Psychiatry. History, Modern. History of Medicine. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Science. Social History. Psychiatry. Modern History.