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Discovering the History of Psychiatry Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)

Discovering the History of Psychiatry By Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)

Discovering the History of Psychiatry by Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)

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This volume contains essays which trace the evolution of scientific writing about psychiatry. It explores individual historical figures and movements as well as the history of the asylum, the biographies on Freud and popular opinion regarding psychiatry, both now and in the past.

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Discovering the History of Psychiatry by Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)

The history of psychiatry has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing and controversial areas of commentary in recent years. Discovering the History of Psychiatry brings together 20 studies by eminent, international contributors who explore the many complex dimensions of historical writing about the psychological sciences. The extensive coverage includes: the history of the asylum, Freud biography, and anti-psychiatry feeling, as well as discussions of individual historical figures and movements. This is the first book to present comprehensive coverage of the history of psychiatry and will make interesting reading for everyone interested in this fascinating subject.

Discovering the History of Psychiatry Reviews

This is in the best sense also a handbook, the book is essential reading The Society for the Social History of Medicine

Table of Contents

1: R. Porter and M.S. Micale: Introduction: Reflections on Psychiatry and Its Histories I. Early Developments 2: O. Marx: On the Origins of Psychiatric Historiography in Nineteenth-Century Germany 3: G. Mora: Early American Historians of Psychiatry, 1910-1960 II. Five Major Voices 4: R. Porter: Ida Macalpine and Richard Hunter: History Between Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry 5: E.T. Morman: George Rosen and the History of Mental Illness 6: M.S. Micale: Henri F. Ellenberger: The History of Psychiatry as the History of the Unconscious 7: F. Vidal: Jean Starobinski: The History of Psychiatry as the Cultural History of Consciousness III. The Psychoanalytic Strain 8: E. Young-Bruehl: A History of Freud Biography 9: J. Forrester: "A Whole Climate of Opinion": Writing and Rewriting the History of Psychoanalysis 10: K. Piver: Philip Rieff: The Critic of Psychoanalysis as Cultural Theorist IV. Historical Themes and Topics 11: P. Vandermeersch: Les Mythes D'Origines in the History of Psychiatry 12: D. Weiner: "Le Geste de Pinel": The History of a Psychiatric Myth 13: P. Guarnieri: The History and Historiography of Psychiatry in Italy 14: G. Grob: The History of the Asylum Revisited: Personal Reflections 15: G. Cocks: German Psychiatrists, Psychoanalysts, and Psychotherapists During the Nazi Period: A Historiographical Survey 16: J. Brown: Heroes and Non-Heroes: Recurring Themes in the History of Soviet Russian Psychiatry V. Critics of Psychiatry 17: R. Vatz and L. Weinberg: The Rhetorical Paradigm in Psychiatric History: Thomas Szasz, Psychiatric History, and the Myth of Mental Illness 18: G. Gutting: Michel Foucalt's Phanomologie des Krankengeistes 19: N. Tomes: Feminist Histories of Psychiatry 20: J. Postel and D. Allen: History and Anti-Psychiatry in France 21: N. Dain: Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry in the United States

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9780195077391
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Discovering the History of Psychiatry by Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)
Mark S. Micale (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Yale University)
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Oxford University Press Inc
1994-04-28
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