Abi-Rached, Joelle M. <br/><br/>
Asfuriyyeh :  A History of Madness, Modernity, and War in the Middle East. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - Cambridge :  MIT Press,  2020.  ©2020. 
 - 1 online resource (246 pages) 
 - Culture and Psychiatry Series .
<br/><br/> E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Map -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Major Events -- Transliteration, Translation, Terminology, and Monetary Values -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Oriental Madness and Civilization -- 2. The Struggle for Influence and the Birth of Psychiatry -- 3. The Rise of &#x2BF;A&#x1E63;f&#x16B;riyyeh and the Decline of Missions -- 4. Patriarchal Power and the Gospel of the Modern Care of Insanity -- 5. The Downfall of &#x2BF;A&#x1E63;f&#x16B;riyyeh and the Breakdown of the State -- 6. The Politics of Health, Charity, and Sectarianism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> The development of psychiatry in the Middle East, viewed through the history of one of the first modern mental hospitals in the region.ʿAṣfūriyyeh (formally, the Lebanon Hospital for the Insane) was founded by a Swiss Quaker missionary in 1896, one of the first modern psychiatric hospitals in the Middle East. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262361187 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Mental illness--Lebanon--History. Mental illness--Middle East--History. Psychiatric hospitals--Lebanon--History. Psychiatry--Lebanon--History. Psychiatry--Middle East--History. Mental illness--Treatment--Lebanon--History. Mental illness--Treatment--Middle East--History. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fernzugriff<br/>