Focusing on the rise in the asylum inmate population during the mid-nineteenth century, this study refutes both the social control theory and the theory that the medical profession manufactured mental illness. It argues instead that a perceived potential cure caused the rapid expansion of government control, which led to the dramatic increase.
- ISBN:
- 9780945636038
- 9780945636038
-
Category:
- Psychiatry
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
-
01-01-1989
- Publisher:
- Associated University Presses
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 140
- Weight:
- 0.4kg
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