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Author Appignanesi, Lisa.

Title Mad, bad and sad : women and the mind doctors / Lisa Appignanesi.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2008.
2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.89 A647M    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 535 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Originally published: Sad, mad, and bad : women and the mind-doctors from 1800. Canada, 2007.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [512]-520) and index.
Contents 1. Mad and bad -- 2. Passions -- 3. Asylum -- 4. Nerves -- 5. Hysteria -- 6. Sleep -- 7. Sex -- 8. Schizophrenia -- 9. Disturbances of love -- 10. Mother and child -- 11. Shrink for life -- 12. Rebels -- 13. Body madness -- 14. Abuse -- 15. Drugs.
Subject Women -- Mental health -- History.
Women -- Mental health services -- History.
Mentally ill women -- Rehabilitation -- History.
Mental illness -- Treatment -- History.
Added Title Sad, mad, and bad
ISBN 9780393066630 hardcover
0393066630 hardcover
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