Madness a brief history /
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
Madness a brief history / [electronic resource] : Roy Porter. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (xii, 241 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.
Introduction -- Gods and demons -- Madness rationalized -- Fools and folly -- Locking up the mad -- The rise of psychiatry -- The mad -- The century of psychoanalysis? -- Conclusion : modern times, ancient problems? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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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, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, and psychoanalysis to Prozac. The origins of debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Available electronically via the Internet.
142375736X (electronic bk.) 9781423757368 (electronic bk.) 1280444517 9781280444517 9780191622281 0191622281
Mental illness--History.
Mentally ill--Care--History.
Psychiatry--History.
MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL Mental illness. Mentally ill Psychiatry. Psychische stoornissen. Wahnsinn. Kultur. Psychische Sto��rung. Electronic books. Mental Disorders Psychiatry Electronic books. History.
616.89/009
Madness a brief history / [electronic resource] : Roy Porter. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (xii, 241 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.
Introduction -- Gods and demons -- Madness rationalized -- Fools and folly -- Locking up the mad -- The rise of psychiatry -- The mad -- The century of psychoanalysis? -- Conclusion : modern times, ancient problems? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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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, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, and psychoanalysis to Prozac. The origins of debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Available electronically via the Internet.
142375736X (electronic bk.) 9781423757368 (electronic bk.) 1280444517 9781280444517 9780191622281 0191622281
Mental illness--History.
Mentally ill--Care--History.
Psychiatry--History.
MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY MEDICAL Mental illness. Mentally ill Psychiatry. Psychische stoornissen. Wahnsinn. Kultur. Psychische Sto��rung. Electronic books. Mental Disorders Psychiatry Electronic books. History.
616.89/009