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A History of Psychiatry
From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac
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A History of Psychiatry
Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present.
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"A splendid book...engaging and exceedingly well-written" — Journal of the American Medical Association.
"To compress 200 years of psychiatric theory and practice into a compelling and coherent narrative is a fine achievement...What strikes the reader [most] are Shorter's storytelling skills, his ability to conjure up the personalities of the psychiatrists who shaped the discipline and the conditions under which they and their patients lived." — Ray Monk, Night and Day (the UK Sunday Mail magazine).
Now in paper!
A History of Psychiatry by Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. Supporting his often provocative positions with the latest historical and scientific research, he sounds the death knell for "talking" therapies and heralds a bright new age of medical-based psychiatric treatments.
Edward Shorter (Toronto, Canada) is the Hannah Professor in the History of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the author of ten books, including the widely acclaimed The Making of the Modern Family.
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ISBN: 9780471245315
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 March 1998
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 549g
Pages: 448
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About the Author
EDWARD SHORTER, PhD, is Hannah Professor in the History of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is the author of ten books, including the international bestseller The Making of the Modern Family and a two-volume history of psychosomatic illness.
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