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Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine /

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The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go, these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical...

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Main Author: Scull, Andrew, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Mental illness > History.
Mental illness > Treatment > History.
Mentally ill > Care > History.
Psychiatry > History.
Mental Disorders > history.
Mental Disorders > therapy.
Mentally Ill Persons > history.
Psychiatry > history.
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