AuthorHouston, R. A. (Robert Allan), 1954-
TitleMadness and society in eighteenth-century Scotland [electronic resource] / R.A. Houston
Imprint Oxford : Clarendon, 2000
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207870.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 450 p.)

SUMMARY

How did people view mental health problems in the 18th century, and what do the attitudes of ordinary people towards those afflicted tell us about the values of society at the time? This study draws on contemporary sources


SUBJECT

  1. Mental illness -- Scotland -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century
  2. Mental illness -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
  3. Social psychiatry -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century