Janet Oppenheim
Shattered Nerves
- ISBN 13:
- 9780195057812
- author:
- Janet Oppenheim
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1991
- Pages:
- 398
- Dimensions:
- 163mm X 241mm
- Genre:
- Medicine Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Shattered Nerves: Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England by Janet Oppenheim is a fascinating exploration of depression during the 19th century. Oppenheim examines how British doctors and patients struggled to understand and treat depression, a problem that was often stigmatised due to social prejudices. The author draws on a range of sources, including letters, medical reports, literature, and memoirs, to reveal the evolving knowledge of mental illness during this period. The book sheds light on the complex attitudes towards depression, particularly among men, where overwork and financial worries were seen as acceptable causes of nervous collapse, in contrast to the perceived root causes of male mental illness.
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