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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“Challenging standard interpretations of psychiatry in communist-era Europe, this collection offers important contributions to the social history of medicine. The ten chapters illustrate a rich variety of topics, particularly around treatment options, national-cultural differences, and contest within the Soviet psychiatric profession. … the extensive array of primary sources cited, and the variety of topics and settings offered, demonstrates the scope for continuing study in this sphere.” (Susan Burch, H-Net Disability, netoworks.h-net.org, January, 2016)
“Psychiatry in Communist Europe is important reading for anybody interested in the relationship between science and ideology. Not only does it offer thick descriptions of how politics impacted psychiatric knowledge in various national contexts in eastern Europe, it also importantly moves the study of psychiatry in this region beyond the well-known theme of politically motivated psychiatric abuse. … this collection could be avery effective learning tool in undergraduate courses on the global history of medicine.” (Maria Cristina Galmarini-Kabala, Slavic Review, 2016)
“This is the first book to address the history of psychiatry under Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, from the Soviet Union to East Germany. It brings together new research addressing understandings of mental health and disorder, treatments and therapies, and the interplay between politics, ideology and psychiatry. … The study deconstructs a predominant totalitarian interpretation frame and embeds the history of psychiatry in Communism in a broader context.” (Felicitas Söhner, pol-int.org, July, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sarah Marks is Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK. She teaches and writes on the history of psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
Mat Savelli is Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University, Canada. His research encompasses work on the history of psychiatry in Yugoslavia, the history and sociology of addiction, and the global advertising of psychopharmaceutical medications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychiatry in Communist Europe
Editors: Mat Savelli, Sarah Marks
Series Title: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-49092-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49091-9Published: 15 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49092-6Published: 26 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6036
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6044
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 222
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of Medicine, Political History, Psychotherapy, European History, Modern History