Publication:

Introduction: Gender and Class in the Historiography of British Psychiatry (2004)

Author(s): Andrews J

    Abstract: This substantive and accessible introduction isd not only a useful ssummary of gender and class perspectives on the history opf British and irish psychiatry aimed at specialists in the field, but is also particularly useful for student readers (and to those new to this academic field). It signposts the ways in which this collection challenges, adjusts and extends previous perspectives, and suggests sets a number of agendas for future research.

    Notes: This substantive and accessible introduction isd not only a useful ssummary of gender and class perspectives on the history opf British and irish psychiatry aimed at specialists in the field, but is also particularly useful for student readers (and to those new to this academic field). It signposts the ways in which this collection challenges, adjusts and extends previous perspectives, and suggests sets a number of agendas for future research.

      • Book Title: Sex and Seclusion, Class and Custody: Perspectives on Gender and Class in the History of Psychiatry
      • Pages: 7-44
      • Publisher: Rodopi
      • Publication type: Book chapter
      • Bibliographic status: Published
      Staff

      Dr Jonathan Andrews
      Reader in the History of Psychiatry