Madness: A History
Petteri Pietikäinen
Madness: A History is a thorough and accessible account
of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet
nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western
civilization.
The book opens by considering
perceptions and experiences of madness starting in Biblical times,
Ancient history and Hippocratic medicine to the Age of Enlightenment,
before moving on to developments from the late 18th century to the late
20th century and the Cold War era. Petteri Pietikäinen looks at issues
such as 18th century asylums, the rise of psychiatry, the history of
diagnoses, the experiences of mental health patients, the emergence of
neuroses, the impact of eugenics, the development of different
treatments, and the late 20th century emergence of anti-psychiatry and
the modern malaise of the worried well. The book examines the history of
of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet
nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western
civilization.
The book opens by considering
perceptions and experiences of madness starting in Biblical times,
Ancient history and Hippocratic medicine to the Age of Enlightenment,
before moving on to developments from the late 18th century to the late
20th century and the Cold War era. Petteri Pietikäinen looks at issues
such as 18th century asylums, the rise of psychiatry, the history of
diagnoses, the experiences of mental health patients, the emergence of
neuroses, the impact of eugenics, the development of different
treatments, and the late 20th century emergence of anti-psychiatry and
the modern malaise of the worried well. The book examines the history of
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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis
Idioma:
english
ISBN:
4557206E-CBF0-4BF0-BA64-84208E6D298A
Archivo:
MOBI , 3.37 MB
IPFS:
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english0
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