The Myth of Mental Illness
Subtitle: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct (Revised Edition)
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: November 10, 1984
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060911515
Subjects: Philosophy; Psychology; Movements - Behaviorism; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; General; Hysteria; Mental Illness; Psychiatry
First sentence: Since the modern concept of hysteria was cut from the cloth of malingering, and since the physician most responsible for establishing "hysteria" as a medically legitimate illness was Charcot, I shall start with an examination of his work; and I shall then trace the development of the concept of hysteria to the present time.