A History of Self-Harm in Britain

A History of Self-Harm in Britain A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing - Mental Health in Historical Perspective

1st ed. 2015

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781137529619
Publisher: Wellcome Trust
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
DEWEY: 616.858200941
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: ix, 268
Weight: 478g
Height: 225mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 319mm