History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology
Subtitle: With an Epilogue on Mind-Body and Psychiatry
Contributors: Edwin R. Wallace (Editor); John Gach (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Springer (Springer Science+Business Media)
Published: January 25, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 862
ISBN-13: 9780387347073
Subjects: Clinical psychology; History of medicine; Psychiatry; Medical; Psychology; General; History; Psychiatry - General; Body and mind; History of psychiatry; History of psychoanalysis; History of psychology; Medical / Psychiatry; Psychology and biology
Description: As a discipline, psychiatry has always walked a fine if not easily defined line between social and biological science. This book traces this evolution in its social, political, and philosophical contexts, charting the rise of psychology as a legitimate field of scientific pursuit, and of psychiatry as a medical specialty. An interdisciplinary team of historians (including Sander Gilman, Dora Weiner, Hannah Decker, and the recently deceased dean of American psychiatric history, George Mora, M.D.) has distilled centuries of history, protracted debates, false starts, and missteps, resulting in a narrative of history and methodology in the making.