Description

Book Synopsis
Describes the world of mental patients and their doctors in the first half of the twentieth century. This book shows how well-intentioned physicians could rationalize and regard as therapeutic treatments that often had dreadful consequences, and how much the social and cultural world is inscribed within the practice of biological psychiatry.

Trade Review
"Braslow writes with a light touch, and the book makes riveting reading, particularly the bits of dialogue between psychiatrists and patients that he excerpted from the transcripts. Anyone interested in learning how the arrogance of science and pseudoscience can lead medicine over the brink will profit from reading this biased but rewarding study." * New England Journal of Medicine *

Mental Ills and Bodily Cures

    Product form

    A Hardback by Joel Braslow

    £49.30

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £58.00 – you save £8.70 (15%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Mon 2 Nov 2026.

    1 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Mental Ills and Bodily Cures by Joel Braslow

      Book details

      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 6 October 1997
      ISBN-13 9780520205475
      978-0520205475
      ISBN-10 0520205472
      Also in:
      Public health and preventive medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes the world of mental patients and their doctors in the first half of the twentieth century. This book shows how well-intentioned physicians could rationalize and regard as therapeutic treatments that often had dreadful consequences, and how much the social and cultural world is inscribed within the practice of biological psychiatry.

      Trade Review
      "Braslow writes with a light touch, and the book makes riveting reading, particularly the bits of dialogue between psychiatrists and patients that he excerpted from the transcripts. Anyone interested in learning how the arrogance of science and pseudoscience can lead medicine over the brink will profit from reading this biased but rewarding study." * New England Journal of Medicine *

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account