A History of Self-Harm in Britain [electronic resource] : A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing /
Millard, Chris.author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is open access under a CC BY license. -- Introduction: Self-Harm From Social Setting To Neurobiology -- 1. Early Twentieth-Century Self-Harm: Cut Throats, General And Mental Medicine -- 2. Communicative Self-Damage: 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.
Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
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.
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Medicine—History.
Great Britain—History.
History.
Social history.
Psychiatry.
History, Modern.
History of Medicine.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Science.
Social History.
Psychiatry.
Modern History.
Also availble in print form.

Open Access
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. CC BY 4.0