Mad, bad and sad : women and the mind doctors

Publication Data

• Title Mad, bad and sad : women and the mind doctors
• Alternative Title Sad, mad, and bad
• Author Lisa Appignanesi
• Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Originally published: Sad, mad, and bad : women and the mind-doctors from 1800. Canada, 2007.

Contents

Mad and bad
Passions
Asylum
Nerves
Hysteria
Sleep
Sex
Schizophrenia
Disturbances of love
Mother and child
Shrink for life
Rebels
Body madness
Abuse
Drugs.

Topics

• Women :: Mental health :: History
• Women :: Mental health services :: History
• Mentally ill women :: Rehabilitation :: History
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Mad, bad and sad : women and the mind doctors by Lisa Appignanesi. ISBN 9780393066630. Published by W. W. Norton & Co. in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.