Psychiatry and Chinese History
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Psychiatry and Chinese History

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Psychiatry and Chinese History

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This collection examines psychiatric medicine in China across the early modern and modern periods. Essays focus on the diagnosis, treatment and cultural implications of madness and mental illness and explore the complex trajectory of the medicalization of the mind in shifting political contexts of Chinese history.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
9781317318873
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. List of Figures
  9. Introduction: Historicizing Chinese Psychiatry
  10. Part I: Historical Precedents
  11. Part II: Missionary Investments
  12. Part III: Biomedical Modernity
  13. Part IV: New Therapeutic Cultures
  14. Afterword: Reframing Psychiatry in China
  15. Notes
  16. Index