McNally A Critical History of Schizophrenia

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-45681-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 269 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology

Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's historic instability via themes such as symptoms, definition, classification and anti-psychiatry. In doing so, it opens up new ways of understanding 20th century madness.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNally, Kieran

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Schizodia: The Lexicon

2. The Split Personality

3. Definitions of Schizophrenia

4. Catatonia: Faces in the Fire

5. Chasing the Phantom: Classification

6. Myth and Forgetting: Bleuler's Four As

7. Social Prejudice

8. Contesting Schizophrenia?

9. Manufacturing Consensus in North America

10. 20th Century Schizophrenia

Epilogue: Consider Nijinsky

Appendix A: Goodbye to Hebephrenia

Über Autor(innen)

Kieran McNally previously studied and worked at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. He is currently Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland, specializing in the history of psychiatry. He is also the author of the ecological and social history, .