Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease)
"If David Healy's intent is to present a cohesive, thorough, integrated and provocative account of the history of the concept of mania and the evolution of what is currently called bipolar disorder, he is tremendously successful." -- PsycCRITIQUES"David Healy reminds us that we need to ask ourselves what it means to be ill and what it means to be well." -- Garan Holcombe, California Literary Review"A learned and polemical volume in the series Biographies of Disease published by the Johns Hopkins University Press." -- Algis Valiunas, New Atlantis"A powerful political tract. As social history it provides the most detailed available account of the interactions of psychiatry and the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing." -- Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease"Provides a probing and challenging commentary on the state of contemporary psychiatry." -- Allan Beveridge, British Journal of Psychiatry"A distinct and powerful view of the history of psychiatry that arouses controversy in the best sense of the word. Healy's discussion of the role of drug companies is especially right on the mark." -- Gerald N. Grob, Ph.D., Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey"David Healy is indeed an enfant terrible -- and a very brave man. I doubt he is on Eli Lilly's or Pfizer's Christmas card list." -- Times Literary Supplement"Mania is a work that deserves a wide readership." -- Gerald N. Grob, Ph.D., Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences"Well-written and compelling... I encourage you to read this exceptional book." -- Tom Olson, PhD, Nursing History Review"The book is a scholarly one [and] Healy's wide knowledge of the facts of the history is impressive." -- Paul Skerritt, Health and History"[David Healy's] work has enriched our historiographic discourse enormously and social historians of medicine can only greet that as good news." -- Eric J. Engstrom, Social History of Medicine