Unfortunate Folk: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992

by Barbara Brookes (Editor)

From electro-convulsive therapy to epilepsy, from criminal lunacy to community care, Unfortunate Folks: Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992, opens windows on to the history of mental health treatment in New Zealand.

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Barbara Brookes is a New Zealand historian and academic. She specialises in women's history and medical history. In 2017, Brookes' book A History of New Zealand Women won the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Award in the Illustrated Non-Fiction category.