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Psychiatry and Chinese History (2014)

Chiang, Howard Hsueh-Hao (Author)

Pickering & Chatto
Publication date: 2014
Language: English

ISBN: 9781781440629

Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 288 pp.; index

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Psychiatry Medical psychology Diagnosis Mental disorders and diseases Emotions; passions Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment Neuropsychology Missionaries and missions Early modern 19th century 20th century 21st century 17th century 18th century China

This landmark collection examines psychiatric medicine in China across the early modern and modern periods. Essays focus on the diagnosis, treatment and cultural implications of madness and mental illness. From emotional therapy and missionary interventions in the late imperial era to the establishment of neuropsychiatry and the psycho-boom in the twentieth century, this book explores the complex trajectory of the medicalization of the mind in shifting political contexts of Chinese history.

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Review Lijing Jiang (2016) Review of "Psychiatry and Chinese History". Social History of Medicine (pp. 408-409). unapi

Review Jingyuan Zhang (2016) Review of "Psychiatry and Chinese History". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 160-161). unapi

Review Author missing; (2015) Review of "Psychiatry and Chinese History". History of Psychiatry (pp. 236-237). unapi

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