A History of Self-Harm in Britain A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing /

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...

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Main Author: Millard, Chris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-52962-6
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:IX, 268 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137529626
DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-52962-6
Access:Open Access