From madness to mental health : psychiatric disorder and its treatment in Western civilization /
Eghigian, Greg,1961-
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
©2010.
A unique anthology of readings, from ancient times to the present, that considers how mental disorders have historically challenged the ways in which humans have understood and valued their bodies, minds, and souls.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-451) and index.
The ancient world -- Medieval and early modern Europe -- Enlightenment, romanticism, and reform -- The asylum -- Brain science, nerves, and clinical psychiatry -- War and neurosis -- The new focus on the body -- Psychiatric eugenics in Nazi Germany -- Mental illness, psychiatry, and communism -- Antipsychiatry, social psychiatry, and deinstitutionalization -- The psychoboom.
A unique anthology of readings, from ancient times to the present, that considers how mental disorders have historically challenged the ways in which humans have understood and valued their bodies, minds, and souls.
Psychiatry
Medicine in literature.
Psychiatry
Medicine in Literature
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Services
Mentally Ill Persons
Western World
Médecine dans la littérature.
Medicine in literature.
Psychiatry.
Psychiatrie
Psychotherapie
Psychische stoornissen.
Psychiatrie.
Psychotherapie.
Psychiatrie.
Therapie.
Psychopathologie.
Psychische Störung.
Theorie.
Psychiatry
psychiatrie