Psychiatry and Chinese History
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Jul '14
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This collection examines psychiatric medicine in China across the early modern and modern periods. Essays focus on the diagnosis, treatment and cultural implications of madness and mental illness and explore the complex trajectory of the medicalization of the mind in shifting political contexts of Chinese history.
'provides a fascinating and important historical backdrop to current debates in Chinese mental health care.' Ian Miller, Digesting the Medical Past
ISBN: 9781848934382
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 566g
288 pages