Discovering the History of Psychiatry

Discovering the History of Psychiatry
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 0195077393
ISBN-13 : 9780195077391
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Book Synopsis Discovering the History of Psychiatry by : Mark S. Micale

Download or read book Discovering the History of Psychiatry written by Mark S. Micale and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading international authorities - physicians, historians, social scientists, and others - who explore the many complex interpretive and ideological dimensions of historical writing about psychiatry. The book includes chapters on the history of the asylum, Freud, anti-psychiatry in the United States and abroad, feminist interpretations of psychiatry's past, and historical accounts of Nazism and psychotherapy, as well as discussions of many individual historical figures and movements. It represents the first attempt to study comprehensively the multiple mythologies that have grown up around the history of madness and the origin, functions, and validity of these myths in our psychological century.


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