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A History of Psychiatry
From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac
Taschenbuch von Edward Shorter
Sprache: Englisch

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"PPPP . . . 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 The Mail on Sunday magazine, U.K.

"An opinionated, anecdote-rich history. . . . While psychiatrists may quibble, and Freudians and other psychoanalysts will surely squawk, those without a vested interest will be thoroughly entertained and certainly enlightened."--Kirkus Reviews.

"Shorter tells his story with immense panache, narrative clarity, and genuinely deep erudition."--Roy Porter Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

In A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society's changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal with its mentally ill and the efforts of generations of scientists and physicians to ease their suffering. He paints vivid portraits of psychiatry's leading historical figures and pulls no punches in assessing their roles in advancing or sidetracking our understanding of the origins of mental illness.

Shorter also identifies the scientific and cultural factors that shaped the development of psychiatry. He reveals the forces behind the unparalleled sophistication of psychiatry in Germany during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the emergence of the United States as the world capital of psychoanalysis.

This engagingly written, thoroughly researched, and fiercely partisan account is compelling reading for anyone with a personal, intellectual, or professional interest in psychiatry.

"PPPP . . . 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 The Mail on Sunday magazine, U.K.

"An opinionated, anecdote-rich history. . . . While psychiatrists may quibble, and Freudians and other psychoanalysts will surely squawk, those without a vested interest will be thoroughly entertained and certainly enlightened."--Kirkus Reviews.

"Shorter tells his story with immense panache, narrative clarity, and genuinely deep erudition."--Roy Porter Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

In A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society's changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal with its mentally ill and the efforts of generations of scientists and physicians to ease their suffering. He paints vivid portraits of psychiatry's leading historical figures and pulls no punches in assessing their roles in advancing or sidetracking our understanding of the origins of mental illness.

Shorter also identifies the scientific and cultural factors that shaped the development of psychiatry. He reveals the forces behind the unparalleled sophistication of psychiatry in Germany during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the emergence of the United States as the world capital of psychoanalysis.

This engagingly written, thoroughly researched, and fiercely partisan account is compelling reading for anyone with a personal, intellectual, or professional interest in psychiatry.

Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1 The Birth of Psychiatry vii

A World without Psychiatry 1

Traditional Asylums 4

Heralding the Therapeutic Asylum 8

Organizing the Therapeutic Asylum 18

Nervous Illness and Nonpsychiatrists 22

Toward a Biological Psychiatry 26

Romantic Psychiatry 29

2 The Asylum Era 33

National Traditions 34

The Pressure of Numbers 46

Why the Increase? 48

Redistribution of Illness 49

Rising Rate of Psychiatric Illness 53

Dead End 65

3 The First Biological Psychiatry 69

Enter Ideas 69

A German Century 71

French Disasters 81

Anglo-Saxon Laggards 87

Degeneration 93

The End of the First Biological Psychiatry 99

An American Postscript 109

4 Nerves 113

Nerves Better than Madness 114

The Flight of Madness into the Spa 119

Tired Nerves and the Rest Cure 129

Neurology Discovers Psychotherapy 136

5 The Psychoanalytic Hiatus 145

Freud and His Circle 146

The Battle Begins 154

American Origins 160

The Arrival of the Europeans 166

Triumph 170

Psychoanalysis and the American Jews 181

6 Alternatives 190

Fever Cure and Neurosyphilis 192

Early Drugs 196

Prolonged Sleep 200

Shock and Coma 207

Electroshock 218

The Lobotomy Adventure 225

Social and Community Psychiatry 229

7 The Second Biological Psychiatry 239

The Genetic Strand 240

The First Drug That Worked 246

The Cornucopia 255

Neuroscience 262

Antipsychiatry 272

Return to "the Community" 277

The Battle over ECT 281

8 From Freud to Prozac 288

Maintaining Market Share 289

A Nation Hungers for Psychotherapy 293

Science versus Fashion in Diagnosis 295

The Decline of Psychoanalysis 305

Cosmetic Psychopharmacology 314

Why Psychiatry? 325

Notes 329

Index 421

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Fachbereich: Andere Fachgebiete
Genre: Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780471245315
ISBN-10: 0471245313
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shorter, Edward
Auflage: 2nd Revised edition
Hersteller: Wiley
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Edward Shorter
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.1998
Gewicht: 0,679 kg
Artikel-ID: 106869963
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1 The Birth of Psychiatry vii

A World without Psychiatry 1

Traditional Asylums 4

Heralding the Therapeutic Asylum 8

Organizing the Therapeutic Asylum 18

Nervous Illness and Nonpsychiatrists 22

Toward a Biological Psychiatry 26

Romantic Psychiatry 29

2 The Asylum Era 33

National Traditions 34

The Pressure of Numbers 46

Why the Increase? 48

Redistribution of Illness 49

Rising Rate of Psychiatric Illness 53

Dead End 65

3 The First Biological Psychiatry 69

Enter Ideas 69

A German Century 71

French Disasters 81

Anglo-Saxon Laggards 87

Degeneration 93

The End of the First Biological Psychiatry 99

An American Postscript 109

4 Nerves 113

Nerves Better than Madness 114

The Flight of Madness into the Spa 119

Tired Nerves and the Rest Cure 129

Neurology Discovers Psychotherapy 136

5 The Psychoanalytic Hiatus 145

Freud and His Circle 146

The Battle Begins 154

American Origins 160

The Arrival of the Europeans 166

Triumph 170

Psychoanalysis and the American Jews 181

6 Alternatives 190

Fever Cure and Neurosyphilis 192

Early Drugs 196

Prolonged Sleep 200

Shock and Coma 207

Electroshock 218

The Lobotomy Adventure 225

Social and Community Psychiatry 229

7 The Second Biological Psychiatry 239

The Genetic Strand 240

The First Drug That Worked 246

The Cornucopia 255

Neuroscience 262

Antipsychiatry 272

Return to "the Community" 277

The Battle over ECT 281

8 From Freud to Prozac 288

Maintaining Market Share 289

A Nation Hungers for Psychotherapy 293

Science versus Fashion in Diagnosis 295

The Decline of Psychoanalysis 305

Cosmetic Psychopharmacology 314

Why Psychiatry? 325

Notes 329

Index 421

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Fachbereich: Andere Fachgebiete
Genre: Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780471245315
ISBN-10: 0471245313
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shorter, Edward
Auflage: 2nd Revised edition
Hersteller: Wiley
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Edward Shorter
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.1998
Gewicht: 0,679 kg
Artikel-ID: 106869963
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