Madness at home : the psychiatrist, the patient, and the family in England, 1820-1860 /
Suzuki, Akihito,1963-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.
Commissions of lunacy: background, sources, and content -- The structure of psychiatric practice -- The problems of liberty and property -- Managing lunatics within the domestic sphere -- Destabilizing the domestic psychiatric regime -- Public authorities and the ambiguities of the lunatic at home.
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