Madness:A Brief History

A Brief History

Nonfiction, History, World History, Health & Well Being, Medical
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Author: Roy Porter ISBN: 9780191622281
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: March 13, 2003
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Roy Porter
ISBN: 9780191622281
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: March 13, 2003
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac.The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.

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This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac.The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.

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