Psychiatric Cultures Compared

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Psychiatric Cultures Compared is written by Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra and published by Amsterdam University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9053567992 (ISBN 10) and 9789053567999 (ISBN 13).

The comparative global history of mental health care in the twentieth century remains relatively uncharted territory. Psychiatric Cultures Compared offers an overview of various national psychiatric cultures, comparing, for example, advances in Dutch psychiatry with developments abroad. Wide-ranging essays cover analyses of the field of psychiatric nursing, the changing use of psychotropic medicine, the emergence of in- and outpatient mental health sectors, the rise of the anti-psychiatry movement, and a critical look at modern day deinstitutionalization.