A History of Self-Harm in Britain

1. Introduction: Self-Harm from Social Setting to Neurobiology
Chris Millard

2. Early Twentieth-Century Self-Harm: Cut Throats, General and Mental Medicine
Chris Millard

3. Communicative Self-Harm: War, NHS and Social Work
Chris Millard

4. Self-Harm Becomes Epidemic: Mental Health (1959) and Suicide (1961) Acts
Chris Millard

5. Self-Harm as a Result of Domestic Distress
Chris Millard

6. Self-Harm as Self-Cutting: Inpatients and Internal Tension
Chris Millard

7. Conclusion: The Politics of Self-Harm: Social Setting and Self-Regulation
Chris Millard

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, History of Medicine, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Science, Social History, Psychiatry, Modern History