Shorter, Edward
A history of psychiatry from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac
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In A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society's changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal with its mentally ill and the efforts of generations of scientists and physicians to ease their suffering. He paints vivid portraits of psychiatry's leading historical figures and pulls no punches in assessing their roles in advancing or sidetracking our understanding of the origins of mental illness.

Shorter also identifies the scientific and cultural factors that shaped the development of psychiatry. He reveals the forces behind the unparalleled sophistication of psychiatry in Germany during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the emergence of the United States as the world capital of psychoanalysis.

This engagingly written, thoroughly researched, and fiercely partisan account is compelling reading for anyone with a personal, intellectual, or professional interest in psychiatry.


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Personen: Shorter, Edward

Schlagwörter: Psychiatrie Geschichte

Interessenkreis: Fremdsprachig

Shorter, Edward:
¬A¬ history of psychiatry : from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac / Edward Shorter. - New York [u.a.] : Wiley, 1997. - XII, 436 Seiten : Illustrationen. - Literaturverz. S. 329 - 420
ISBN 978-0-471-24531-5 pbk.

Zugangsnummer: 00015662 - Barcode: 2-9184204-4-00012872-8
Grenzgebiete der Psychologie - Signatur: CZ 3000 S559-01 - Buch