Social Order/Mental Disorder

An exploration of social responses to madness in England and the USA from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Scull examines a range of issues including the changing social meanings of madness, the emergence and consolidation of the psychiatric profession and the link between sex and madness.

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This book is an exploration of social responses to madness in England and the USA from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Scull examines a range of issues including the changing social meanings of madness, the emergence and consolidation of the psychiatric profession, the link between sex and madness, and the constitution, character and collapse of the asylum as the standard response to mental disorders.