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Author : Richard Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry, 1535-1860 written by Richard Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark S. Micale
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195077391
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Discovering the History of Psychiatry written by Mark S. Micale and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading international authorities - physicians, historians, social scientists, and others - who explore the many complex interpretive and ideological dimensions of historical writing about psychiatry. The book includes chapters on the history of the asylum, Freud, anti-psychiatry in the United States and abroad, feminist interpretations of psychiatry's past, and historical accounts of Nazism and psychotherapy, as well as discussions of many individual historical figures and movements. It represents the first attempt to study comprehensively the multiple mythologies that have grown up around the history of madness and the origin, functions, and validity of these myths in our psychological century.
Author : Michelle Faubert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131731431X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Rhyming Reason written by Michelle Faubert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on psychologist-poets who grew out of the literary-medical culture of the Scottish Enlightenment. They used poetry as an accessible form to communicate emerging psychological, cultural and moral ideas.
Author : Allan Ingram
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134968973
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book The Madhouse of Language written by Allan Ingram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language has always been used as a measure of social, ideological, and psychological contexts for the exploration of madness. The Madhouse of Language considers the relations between madness and language from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the close analysis of both medical records and texts by mad writers. It presents a highly original account of the linguistic relations between madness and sanity, of the appropriation by sane writers of the forms of English, and of attempts by mad patients to gain access to the expressive potential of language.
Author : Leonard Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030416402
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Private Madhouses in England, 1640–1815 written by Leonard Smith and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the origins and early development of private mental health-care in England, showing that the current spectacle of commercially-based participation in key elements of service provision is no new phenomenon. In 1815, about seventy per cent of people institutionalised because of insanity were being kept in private ‘madhouses’. The opening four chapters detail the emergence of these madhouses and demonstrate their increasing presence in London and across the country during the long eighteenth century. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects in greater depth - the insane patients themselves, their characteristics, and the circumstances surrounding admissions; the madhouse proprietors, their business activities, personal attributes and professional qualifications or lack of them; changing treatment practices and the principles that informed them. Finally, the book explores conditions within the madhouses, which ranged from the relatively enlightened to the seriously defective, and reveals the experiences, concerns and protests of their many critics.
Author : David Enoch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315349213
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes written by David Enoch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the historical background to, and present-day understanding of, a number of unusual psychiatric disorders. This fully revised new edition contains a new chapter on a range of recently emerging conditions as well as updated literature and a collection of new and updated cases. Since the publication of the fourth edition, there have been many developments in the field of psychiatry, including changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and the advancement of neuroimaging and related research, which have been incorporated into the fifth edition. In this now classic text, each chapter covers an individual disorder in detail, using several case studies gathered by the authors themselves to illustrate and exemplify the disorders discussed. The clear and easy-to-understand writing style ensures that this text is accessible for the wide range of studies and professions who will find it useful. Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, Fifth Edition, is essential reading for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers, social workers and other mental health professionals. It will also be of interest to graduate students in the fields of psychiatry and psychology as well as those enrolled in psychiatry resident courses.
Author : Andrew Scull
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300107548
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Most Solitary of Afflictions written by Andrew Scull and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Scull studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England, tracing transformations in social practices & beliefs, the development of institutional management of the mad, & exposing the contrasts between the expectations of asylum founders & the harsh realities of institutional life. Originally published: 1993.
Author : Roland Dix
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108972373
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Psychiatric Intensive Care written by Roland Dix and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this practical textbook provides guidance on managing severely ill psychiatric patients in secure hospital settings.
Author : E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030868117
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Parasites, Pussycats and Psychosis written by E. Fuller Torrey and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book analyzes the evidence linking Toxoplasma gondii to the increasing incidence of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the United States. Initially establishing that infectious agents are regularly transmitted from animals to humans, lead to human disease, and that infectious agents can cause psychosis, it then examines the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii in detail. Infecting 40 million Americans, Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause congenital infections, eye disease, and encephalitis for individuals who are immunosuppressed. It has also been shown to change the behavior of nonhuman mammals, as well as to alter some personality traits in humans. After discussing the clinical evidence linking Toxoplasma gondii to human psychosis, the book elucidates the epidemiological evidence further supporting this linkage; including the proportional increase in incidence of human psychosis as cats transitioned to domestication over 800 years. Finally, the book assesses the magnitude of the problem and suggests solutions. Parasites, Pussycats and Psychosis: The Unknown Dangers of Human Toxoplasmosis provides a comprehensive review of the evidence linking human psychosis in the United States to infections of Toxoplasma gondii. It will be of interest to infectious disease specialists, general practitioners, scientists, historians, and cat-lovers.
Author : Liah Greenfeld
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674074440
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Mind, Modernity, Madness written by Liah Greenfeld and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the American dream—unfettered freedom to follow our ambitions, to forge our identities, to become self-made. But what if our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is actually making millions desperately ill? One of our leading interpreters of modernity and nationalism, Liah Greenfeld argues that we have overlooked the connection between egalitarian society and mental illness. Intellectually fearless, encompassing philosophy, psychology, and history, Mind, Modernity, Madness challenges the most cherished assumptions about the blessings of living in a land of the free. Modern nationalism, says Greenfeld, rests on bedrock principles of popular sovereignty, equality, and secularism. Citizens of the twenty-first century enjoy unprecedented freedom to become the authors of their personal destinies. Empowering as this is, it also places them under enormous psychic strain. They must constantly appraise their identities, manage their desires, and calibrate their place within society. For vulnerable individuals, this pressure is too much. Training her analytic eye on extensive case histories in manic depression and schizophrenia, Greenfeld contends that these illnesses are dysfunctions of selfhood caused by society’s overburdening demands for self-realization. In her rigorous diagnosis, madness is a culturally constituted malady. The culminating volume of Greenfeld’s nationalism trilogy, Mind, Modernity, Madness is a tour de force in the classic tradition of Émile Durkheim—and a bold foray into uncharted territory. Often counter-intuitive, always illuminating, Mind, Modernity, Madness presents a many-sided view of humanity, one that enriches our deepest understanding of who we are and what we aspire to be.
Author : Leonard Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134187777
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830 written by Leonard Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830 constitutes the first comprehensive study of the philanthropic asylum system in Georgian England. Using original research and drawing upon a wide range of expertise on the history of mental health this book demonstrates the crucial role of the lunatic hospitals in the early development of a national system of psychiatric institutions. These hospitals were to form an essential historical link in the emergence of a national system of institutional provision for mentally disordered people. They provided important prototypes for the subsequent development of a network of state-sponsored lunatic asylums during the nineteenth century. This is an impressive volume which covers various areas including: the provincial lunatic hospitals managing the hospital managing the insane. This book will interest specialist historians as well as mental health professionals and people interested in local and regional studies.
Author : Anne Digby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134831994
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency written by Anne Digby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights and the debate over the education of children with special needs have combined to make this one of the most controversial areas in social policy today. The nine original research essays collected here cover the social history of learning disability from the Middle Ages through the establishment of the National Health Service. They will not only contribute to a neglected field of social and medical history but also illuminate and inform current debates. The information presented here will have a profound impact on how professionals in mental health, psychiatric nursing, social work and disabled rights understand learning disability and society's responses to it over the course of history.
Author : Tom Butler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134907439X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Mental Health, Social Policy and the Law written by Tom Butler and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-06-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Makari
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393248690
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind written by George Makari and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind. Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept—the mind—emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither. In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian George Makari shows how writers, philosophers, physicians, and anatomists worked to construct notions of the mind as not an ethereal thing, but a natural one. From the ascent of Oliver Cromwell to the fall of Napoleon, seminal thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant worked alongside often-forgotten brain specialists, physiologists, and alienists in the hopes of mapping the inner world. Conducted in a cauldron of political turmoil, these frequently shocking, always embattled efforts would give rise to psychiatry, mind sciences such as phrenology, and radically new visions of the self. Further, they would be crucial to the establishment of secular ethics and political liberalism. Boldly original, wide-ranging, and brilliantly synthetic, Soul Machine gives us a masterful, new account of the making of the modern Western mind.
Author : William F. Bynum
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429664524
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge written by William F. Bynum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992 Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge examines both broad developments in print and media and the practice of particular journals such as the British Medical Journal. The book is the first study to address these questions and to examine the impact of regular news on the making of the medical community. The book considers the rise of the medical press, and looks at how it recorded and described principal developments and so promoted medical science and enhanced medical consciousness. This book was a seminal work when first published and was one of the first to consider the importance of the roots of medical journalism, editorial practices and the ways in which the medical journalism altered the world of medicine.
Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412808952
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Coercion as Cure written by Thomas Szasz and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the history of psychiatry requires an accurate view of its function and purpose. In this provocative new study, Szasz challenges conventional beliefs about psychiatry. He asserts that, in fact, psychiatrists are not concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of bona fide illnesses. Psychiatric tradition, social expectation, and the law make it clear that coercion is the profession's determining characteristic. Psychiatrists may "diagnose" or "treat" people without their consent or even against their clearly expressed wishes, and these involuntary psychiatric interventions are as different as are sexual relations between consenting adults and the sexual violence we call "rape." But the point is not merely the difference between coerced and consensual psychiatry, but to contrast them. The term "psychiatry" ought to be applied to one or the other, but not both. As long as psychiatrists and society refuse to recognize this, there can be no real psychiatric historiography. The coercive character of psychiatry was more apparent in the past than it is now. Then, insanity was synonymous with unfitness for liberty. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a new type of psychiatric relationship developed, when people experiencing so-called "nervous symptoms," sought help. This led to a distinction between two kinds of mental diseases: neuroses and psychoses. Persons who complained about their own behavior were classified as neurotic, whereas persons about whose behavior others complained were classified as psychotic. The legal, medical, psychiatric, and social denial of this simple distinction and its far-reaching implications undergirds the house of cards that is modern psychiatry. Coercion as Cure is the most important book by Szasz since his landmark The Myth of Mental Illness.
Author : David E. Leary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521421522
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Metaphors in the History of Psychology written by David E. Leary and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-07-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that psychologists and their predecessors have invariably relied on metaphors in articulation, the contributors to this volume offer a new "key" to understanding a critically important area of human knowledge by specifying the major metaphors.
