DANGEROUS MOTHERHOOD: INSANITY AND CHILDBIRTH IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN
Puerperal Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Parturition
Great britain, history, 19th century
History, 19th Century
Motherhood
Childbirth
Mothers
Psychological aspects
Psychology
History
"Dangerous Motherhood is the first major study of the close and complex relationship between mental disorder and childbirth. Taking as its main focus the early and mid-nineteenth century, it traces the creation of a new category of mental breakdown, one linked closely to ideals of maternity and dome…
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