Psychiatry in Communist Europe
This is the first book to address the history of psychiatry under Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, from the Soviet Union to East Germany. It brings together new research addressing understandings of mental health and disorder, treatments and therapies, and the interplay between politics, ideology and psychiatry.
| ISBN: | 9781137490919 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 222 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Marks, Sarah Savelli, Mat |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15.07.2015 |
| Schlagworte: | Europe Germany addiction communism empire health history neurosis psychiatry revolution |
Sarah Marks is Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK. She teaches and writes on the history of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Mat Savelli is Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University, Canada. His research encompasses work on the history of psychiatry in Yugoslavia, the history and sociology of addiction, and the global advertising of psychopharmaceutical medications.