Name/Title
Madness, Magic, and Medicine, The Treatment and Mistreatment of the Mentally IllEntry/Object ID
2012.2.3234Description
Madness, Magic, and Medicine, The Treatment and Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill.
Covers the field, from the Old Testament "music therapy" that cured King Saul, through phrenology and Freud, to shock therapy, psychosurgery, and TM.
Shows how our approaches to mental illness and the technology for curing it have developed, and how many age-old attitudes and superstitions underlie our contemporary practices.
191/Hardbound/PicturesCollection
Psychiatric Hospital CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Mentally Ill, TreatmentBook Details
Author
Horwitz, ElinorPlace Published
City
PhiladelphiaState/Province
PennsylvaniaDate Published
1977Call No.
PSY HOISBN
0-397-31723-9Notes
Copy No.: 1