This short book argues for the relevance of historical perspectives on mental health, exploring how these histories can and should inform debates about mental healthcare today. Why is it important to study the history of madness? What does it mean to voice these histories? What can these tell us about the challenges and legacies of mental health care across the world today? Offering an intervention into new ways of thinking – and talking – about ‘mad’ history, Catharine Coleborn...
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Chapter 1: Why Talk about Madness?.- Chapter 2: Asylum Archives and Cases as Stories.- Chapter 3: The Asylum and its Afterlife.- Chapter 4: Extra-Institutional Care, or...
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Catharine Coleborne is Professor and Head of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. With Matthew Smith, she edi...