Madness : a brief history / Roy Porter.
2003
RC438 .P67 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Madness : a brief history / Roy Porter.
Author
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
ISBN
9780192802675 (pbk.)
0192802674 (pbk.)
0192802674 (pbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Language
English
Description
xii, 241 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Call Number
RC438 .P67 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.89009
Note
Originally published: 2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Gods and demons
Madness rationalized
Fools and folly
Locking up the mad
Rise of psychiatry
Mad
Century of psychoanalysis?
Conclusion: modern times, ancient problems?
Gods and demons
Madness rationalized
Fools and folly
Locking up the mad
Rise of psychiatry
Mad
Century of psychoanalysis?
Conclusion: modern times, ancient problems?