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Diagnosing Madness: The Discursive Construction of the Psychiatric Patient, 1850–1920 - Studies in Rhetoric / Communication Carol Berkenkotter
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Diagnosing Madness: The Discursive Construction of the Psychiatric Patient, 1850–1920 - Studies in Rhetoric / Communication
Carol Berkenkotter
A study of the linguistic negotiations at the heart of mental illness identification and patient diagnosis. Through an examination of psychiatric case records from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book shows how the work of psychiatry was navigated by patients, families, doctors, the general public, and the legal system.
168 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 1, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9781643360256 |
| Publishers | University of South Carolina Press |
| Pages | 168 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 235 × 18 mm · 394 g |
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