Madness : A Brief History
by
Roy Porter
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0192802674
ISBN-13
9780192802675
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 13th, 2003
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
218 grams
Dimensions
17.20 x 12.10 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
History of ideasHistory of medicineNeurology & clinical neurophysiologyPsychiatry
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What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. 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, psychoanalysis to prozac. The origins of current 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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