Psychiatric Cultures Compared Psychiatry And Mental Health Care in the Twentieth Century

The comparative global history of mental health care in the twentieth century remains relatively uncharted territory. "Psychiatric Cultures Compared "offers an overview of various national psychiatric cultures, comparing, for example, advances in Dutch psychiatry with developments abroad. Wide-ranging essays cover analyses of the field of psychiatric nursing, the changing use of psychotropic medicine, the emergence of in- and outpatient mental health sectors, the rise of the anti-psychiatry movement, and a critical look at modern day deinstitutionalization.Gijswijt-Hofstra, Marijke is the author of 'Psychiatric Cultures Compared Psychiatry And Mental Health Care in the Twentieth Century', published 2006 under ISBN 9789053567999 and ISBN 9053567992.