"Man - the Finest of Machines": Transforming Human Nature Through Mental Hygiene in the United States and Soviet Russia, 1900-1930s.
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In 1908 the National Committee for Mental Hygiene was founded in the US to deal with such social problems of modernity as "nervousness", through the scientific control of behavior.
DOI: 10.18130/v3c24x
Author: Yuliya Dudaronak
Institutions: Elon University, University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4248766781