Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany a history of psychiatric practice
Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany: a history of psychiatric practice

The psychiatric profession in Germany changed radically from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. In a book that demonstrates his extensive archival knowledge and an impressive command of the primary literature, Eric J. Engstrom investigates the history of university psychiatr...

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Main Author: Engstrom, Eric J. ca. 20. /21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2018]
Series:Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Geschichte 1867-1914
Mental illness > Germany > History > 19th century
Psychiatry > Germany > History > 19th century
Psychiatrie
Klinische Psychiatrie
Deutschland
Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-578
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary:The psychiatric profession in Germany changed radically from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. In a book that demonstrates his extensive archival knowledge and an impressive command of the primary literature, Eric J. Engstrom investigates the history of university psychiatric clinics in Imperial Germany from 1867 to 1914, emphasizing the clinical practices and professional debates surrounding the development of these institutions and their impact on the course of German psychiatry.The rise of university psychiatric clinics reflects, Engstrom tells us, a shift not only in asylum culture, but also in the ways in which social, political, and economic issues deeply influenced the practice of psychiatry. Equally convincing is Engstrom's argument that psychiatrists were responding to and working to shape the rapidly changing perceptions of madness in Imperial Germany. In a series of case studies, the book focuses on a number of important clinical spaces such as the laboratory, the ward, the lecture hall, and the polyclinic. Engstrom argues that within these spaces clinics developed their own disciplinary economies and that their emergence was inseparably intertwined with jurisdictional contests between competing scientific, administrative, didactic, and sociopolitical agendas
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (320 Seiten)
ISBN:9781501723940

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