Destigmatising mental illness? : professional politics and public education in Britain 1870-1970 /: professional politics and public education in Britain 1870-1970. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vicky Long.
• Authors: Long, Vicky, 1978-
• Contents: Psychiatrists and their patients : mirrored narratives of sanity and madness -- Insecure professionals and the public -- Challenging the stigma of mental illness through new therapeutic approaches -- Mad, bad and dangerous to know? Men, women and mental illness -- 'The personal touch' : voluntarism, the public and mental illness -- 'The public must be wooed and enticed with entertainment and buns' : healthcare professionals and the BBC.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 3623.1968900941; History Of Medicine; Mental health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Mental Disorders -- history -- Great Britain; Social Stigma -- Great Britain; Attitude to Health -- Great Britain; Health Education -- history -- Great Britain; History, 19th Century -- Great Britain; History, 20th Century -- Great Britain; Mentally Ill Persons -- Great Britain; Mental health; Psychiatrie; Psychiater; Professionalisierung; Psychische Störung; Stigmatisierung; Sozialer Wandel; MEDICAL -- History; Great Britain; Grossbritannien; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526103253; 1526103257
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.