A History of Self-Harm in Britain: A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing

ISBN-10
113752961X
ISBN-13
9781137529619
Category
Medical
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2015-08-12
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Author
Chris Millard

Description

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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