A history of self-harm in Britain : a genealogy of cutting and overdosing /: a genealogy of cutting and overdosing. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Genealogy of cutting and overdosing
• Further Information: Note: Chris Millard, Wellcome Trust Humanities Research Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
• Authors: Millard, Chris, 1983-
• Contents: Introduction: self-harm from social setting to neurobiology -- 1. Early twentieth-century self-harm: cut throats, general and mental medicine -- 2. Communicative self-damage: war, NHS and social work -- 3. Self-harm becomes epidemic: Mental Health (1959) and Suicide (1961) Acts -- 4. Self-harm as a result of domestic distress -- 5. Self-harm as self-cutting: inpatients and internal tension -- Conclusion: the politics of self-harm: social setting and self-regulation.
• Publisher Details: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
• Subjects: 616.85/8200941; Self-mutilation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Self-injurious behavior; Self Mutilation; Psychiatry and Psychology; Social & cultural history -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Illness & addiction: social aspects -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Care of the mentally ill -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; British & Irish history -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century; HISTORY -- Social History; MEDICAL -- Mental Health; MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General; Self-injurious behavior; Self-mutilation; Social & cultural history -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Illness & addiction: social aspects -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; Care of the mentally ill -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; European history -- United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137529626; 1137529628; 1137529636; 9781137529633
• Related ISBNs: 9781137529633; 9781137547736; 1137547731; 9781137529619; 113752961X; 9781371529626
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (OAPEN, viewed July 12, 2016).
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