The Beginnings of mental hygiene in America: three selected essays, 1833-1850.
Contributors: Brigham, Amariah, 1798-1849.; Sweetser, William, 1797-1875.; Woodward, Samuel B. 1787-1850.
Series: Mental illness and social policy: the American experience
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Mental health services -- United States.
Description: This volume consists of reprints of American articles from the mid 1800s on mental illness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 2d ed., 1833, of Remarks on the influence of mental cultivation and mental excitement upon health, by A. Brigham, published by Marsh, Capen & Lyon, Boston; of the 2d ed., 1850, of Mental hygiene, by W. Sweetser, published by Putnam, New York; and of the 4th ed., 1840, of Hints for the young in relation to the health of body and mind, by S. B. Woodward, published by G. W. Light, Boston.