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The case of Arise Evans: a historico-psychiatric study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christopher Hill  and
Michael Shepherd
Christopher Hill
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford, and the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
Michael Shepherd
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford, and the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
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Synopsis

The life and the ideas of a mentally aberrant figure in mid-seventeenth century England are presented in relation to the sociocultural background of the time and the available clinical information. The material illustrates the need to draw on both sources when applying psychiatric concepts to particular historical epochs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1976 , pp. 351 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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