Making the cut: The production of 'self-harm' in post-1945 Anglo-Saxon psychiatry

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-150

  Millard, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease concepts; gender; history; psychiatric syndromes; self harm; self mutilation; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876451662     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695112473619     Document Type: Review

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