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Responsibility in Mental Disease

by Henry Maudsley

📄 368 pages⏱ ~10 hrs

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Responsibility in Mental Disease is a thoughtful examination of the relationship between mental illness and moral or legal responsibility. The author explores how psychological conditions influence human behavior and how society should interpret actions performed under the influence of mental disorders. Drawing from early psychiatric theory and legal debate, the book investigates questions of accountability, treatment, and social perception of mental illness. It stands as an important historical contribution to the evolving discussion between medicine, psychology, and the justice system.

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