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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology
Author: Madness and Civilization
Author: Michel FoucaultPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307833100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.
A First-Rate Madness
Author: Nassir GhaemiPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143121332
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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The New York Times bestseller “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe “A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post “Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.
Aphorisms on the Treatment and Management of the Insane
Author: John Gideon MillingenPublisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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The Mental Hygiene Movement
Author: Clifford Whittingham BeersPublisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Insanity Defense
Author: Richard MoranPublisher:
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Category : Criminal intent
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Physician and Patient; Or, A Practical View of the Mutual Duties, Relations and Interests of the Medical Profession and the Community
Author: Worthington HookerPublisher:
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Category : Medical ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Medical Record
Author: George Frederick ShradyPublisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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The Trade in Lunacy
Author: William Ll. Parry-JonesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135031428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
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First published in 2006. A private madhouse can be defined as a privately owned establishment for the reception and care of insane persons, conducted as a business proposition for the personal profit of the proprietor or proprietors. The history of such establishments in England and Wales can be traced for a period of over three and a half centuries, from the early seventeenth century up to the present day. This volume is a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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