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Title
A history of self-harm in Britain [electronic resource] : a genealogy of cutting and overdosing / Chris Millard, Wellcome Trust Humanities Research Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
ISBN
9781137529626 electronic book
1137529628 electronic book
9781137547736
9781137529619
9781137529633
113752961X
1137547731
Published
Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 268 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-137-52962-6 doi
Call Number
RC552.S4 M56 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.85/8200941
Summary
"This book is open access under a CC BY license and is the first account of self-harming behaviour in its proper historical and political context. The rise of self-cutting and overdosing in the 20th century is linked to the sweeping changes in mental and physical health, and wider political context. The welfare state, social work, Second World War, closure of the asylums, even the legalization of suicide, are all implicated in the prominence of self harm in Britain. The rise of 'overdosing as a cry for help' is linked to the integration of mental and physical healthcare, the NHS, and the change in the law on suicide and attempted suicide. The shift from overdosing to self-cutting as the most prominent 'self-damaging' behaviour is also explained, linked to changes in hospital organization and the wider rise of neoliberal politics. Appreciation of history and politics is vital to understanding the psychological concerns over these self-harming behaviours"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Open access.
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Description based on print version record.
Series
Mental health in historical perspective.
Machine generated contents note:
This book is open access under a CC BY license.
Introduction: Self-Harm From Social Setting To Neurobiology
1. Early Twentieth-Century Self-Harm: Cut Throats, General And Mental Medicine
2. Communicative Self-Damage: War, NHS And Social Work
3. Self-Harm Becomes Epidemic: Mental Health (1959) And Suicide (1961) Acts
4. Self-Harm As A Result Of Domestic Distress
5. Self-Harm As Self-Cutting: Inpatients And Internal Tension
Conclusion: The Politics Of Self-Harm: Social Setting And Self-Regulation.
