Mad, bad and sad : women and the mind doctors / Lisa Appignanesi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393066630 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0393066630 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 535 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: Sad, mad, and bad : women and the mind-doctors from 1800. Canada, 2007. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-520) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | PART ONE: Mad and bad PART TWO: Passions -- Asylum -- Nerves -- Hysteria -- Sleep PART THREE: Sex -- Schizophrenia -- Disturbances of love -- Mother and child -- Shrink for life PART FOUR: Rebels -- Body madness -- Abuse -- Drugs. |
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Subject: | Women > Mental health > History. Women > Mental health services > History. Mentally ill women > Rehabilitation > History. Mental illness > Treatment > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | 616.89 APPI (Text) | 34455005221300 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |