Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society
Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, c. 1700–1990s
Thomas Müller editor Waltraud Ernst editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Published:24th Oct '22
Should be back in stock very soon
The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of alcohol and drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon. Emphasising medical attitudes and theories regarding alcohol and the changing perception of alcohol consumption in psychiatry and mental health, it explores the shift from the use of alcohol in clinical treatment and as part of dietary regimens to the emergence of alcoholism as a disease category that requires medical intervention and is considered a threat to public health.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
'[Chapters] are rich in detail as well as firmly set within their wider, global developments in medical theories and practices, and locality-specific economic policies and political ideology... The book is aimed at students at postgraduate level, mental health service workers and academics in a variety of disciplines such as history (including history of medicine, history of science, and history of colonialism), social geography, medical anthropology, health studies, psychiatry and medicine.'
Social History Society
ISBN: 9781526159403
Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 24mm
Weight: 635g
424 pages