Mind-forg'd Manacles by Roy Porter

Mind-forg'd Manacles by Roy Porter

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An exploration of the attitudes towards, and treatments for, madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It explores early social policy towards the insane and how this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums.

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Mind-forg'd Manacles by Roy Porter

An exploration of the attitudes towards, and treatments for, madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It explores early social policy towards the insane and how this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums.
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ISBN 13 9780140124781
ISBN 10 0140124780
Title Mind-forg'd Manacles
Author Roy Porter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1990-05-14
Number of pages 432
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