Madness : a brief history /

This story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the beginning of the 21st century. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by "madness", covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Roy, 1946-2002
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Mental illness > History.
Mentally ill > Care > History.
Psychiatry > History.
Mental Disorders > history
Psychiatry > history
Maladies mentales > Histoire.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Mental illness.
Mentally ill > Care.
Psychiatry.
Wahnsinn
Kultur
Psychische Störung
Psychische stoornissen.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gods and demons
  • 3. Madness rationalized
  • 4. Fools and folly
  • 5. Locking up the mad
  • 6. The rise of psychiatry
  • 7. The mad
  • 8. The century of psychoanalysis?
  • 9. Conclusion : modern times, ancient problems?

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