Madness in the family

By Catharine Coleborne

Subjects: Psychiatry, Mental illness, Family, australia, Family, europe, Mentally ill, Family Relations, Australia, history, History, 20th Century, Family relationships, Psychiatric Hospitals, Professional-Family Relations, Psychiatric hospitals, New zealand, history, Public Hospitals, History, History, 19th Century, Mental Disorders

Description: "Madness in the Family explores how colonial families coped with insanity through a trans-colonial study of the relationships between families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914"--Provided by publisher.