A History of Self-Harm in Britain : A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction : Self-Harm from Social Setting to Neurobiology
- 1 Early Twentieth-Century Self-Harm: Cut Throats, General and Mental Medicine
- 2 Communicative Self-Harm: 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.