A History of Self-Harm in Britain: A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing
- ISBN-10
- 1137529628
- ISBN-13
- 9781137529626
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-31
- Publisher
- Springer
- 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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- 2015-08-12
- 268 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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