Title: Mind games : American culture and the birth of psychotherapy /
Authors: Caplan, Eric, 1962-
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Psychology, Social; Mental Healing; History, 19th Century; Culture; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy history; Mental Healing history; Mental healing United States History; Psychotherapy Social aspects United States.; Psychotherapy United States History; United States; United States Social life and customs
Contents: Trains, brains, and sprains : railway spine and the origins of psychoneuroses -- Avoiding psychotherapy : neurasthenia and the limits of somatic therapy -- Inventing psychotherapy : the American mind cure movement, 1830-1900 -- Flirting with psychotherapy : somatic intransigence and the "advanced guard" -- Embracing psychotherapy : the Emmanuel movement and the American medical profession.