Unfortunate Folk: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992
Publishing Details
Unfortunate Folk: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992
By (Author) Barbara Brookes
Edited by Jane Thomson
Otago University Press
Otago University Press
1st January 2001
New Zealand
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Health, illness or addiction: social aspects
362.2109939
Physical Properties
304
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
544g
Description
From electro-convulsive therapy to epilepsy, from criminal lunacy to community care, Unfortunate Folks: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992 , opens windows on to the history of mental health treatment in New Zealand.
Author Bio
Barbara Brookes is an associate professor in the history department, University of Otago. One of her research interests is the history of medicine and her work in this field has acted as a catalyst for students. She has supervised several of the students whose work appears in this book.
Jane Thomson is an independent editor who worked with Michael Reilly on another volume of student essays, When the Waves Rolled in Upon Us: Essays in Nineteenth-Centry Maori History, also published by University of Otago Press.
