A History of Self-Harm in Britain: A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing

By Chris Millard

This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in twentieth-century Britain. It puts self-cutting and overdosing into historical perspective, linking them to the huge changes that occur in mental and physical healthcare, social work and wider politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137547731
• ISBN13: 9781137547736
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"