Madness: A Brief History
Author:   Roy Porter, Dr (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9781280444517


Publication Date:   07 February 2002
Format:   Electronic book text
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Madness: A Brief History


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This story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the beginning of the 21st century. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by madness, covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, and psychoanalysis to Prozac. The origins of debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.

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Author:   Roy Porter, Dr (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9781280444517


ISBN 10:   1280444517
Publication Date:   07 February 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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