Panic diaries
Subtitle: a genealogy of panic disorder
By: Jackie Orr.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Panic disorders -- Social aspects; Panic disorders -- History; Panic disorders -- Treatment; Panic Disorder -- etiology; Panic Disorder -- therapy; Panic Disorder -- history; Socioeconomic Factors
Description: Part cultural history, part sociological critique and part literary performance, Jackie Orr looks at instances of panic in the 20th century, from the mass hysteria following the 1938 radio broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' to the American Psychiatric Institute recognising panic disorder as a condition in 1980.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.