Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France Volume 4

by Ian Dowbiggin

Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness , Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520069374
• ISBN13: 9780520069374
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"