From Madness to Mental Health

Psychiatric Disorder and Its Treatment in Western Civilization
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ISBN: 978-0-8135-4666-7
Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

From Madness to Mental Health neither glorifies nor denigrates the contributions of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy, but rather considers how mental disorders have historically challenged the ways in which human beings have understood and valued their bodies, minds, and souls. Greg Eghigian has compiled a unique anthology of readings, from ancient times to the present, that includes Hippocrates; Julian of Norwich's ""Revelations of Divine Love"", penned in the 1390s; Dorothea Dix; Aaron T. Beck; Carl Rogers; and others, culled from religious texts, clinical case studies, memoirs, academic lectures, hospital and government records, legal and medical treatises, and art collections. Incorporating historical experiences of medical practitioners and those deemed mentally ill, ""From Madness to Mental Health"" also includes an updated bibliography of first-person narratives on mental illness compiled by Gail A. Hornstein.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eghigian, Greg

Über Autor(innen)

GREG EGHIGIAN is the director of the science, technology, and society program and associate professor of modern history at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Self as Project: Politics and Human Sciences in the Twentieth Century.