Chapter 12 Preventing Male Mental Illness in Post-war Britain

Ali Haggett extends the boundaries of previous work, exploring the discourse around gender and prevention of mental illness in Britain from the 1950s. The chapter examines how important information about health and well-being was communicated to men, and in turn, how men conceptualised their own psy...

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Main Author: Haggett, Ali (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 2019
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