Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry and the Mysteries of Mental Illness

Andrew Scull

Penguin Books, Ltd.

For more than two hundred years, disturbances of reason, cognition and emotion - the sort of things that were once called 'madness' - have been described and treated by the medical profession. Mental illness, it is said, is an illness like any other - a disorder that can be treated by doctors, whose suffering can be eased, and from which patients can return. And yet serious mental illness remains a profound mystery that is in some ways no closer to being solved than it was at the start of the twentieth century.\nIn this clear-sighted and provocative exploration of psychiatry, acclaimed sociologist Andrew Scull traces the history of its attempts to understand and mitigate mental illness: from the age of the asylum and unimaginable surgical and chemical interventions, through the rise and fall of Freud and the talking cure, and on to our own time of drug companies and antidepressants. Through it all, Scull argues, the often vain and rash attempts to come to terms with the enigma of mental disorder have frequently resulted in dire consequences for the patient.\nDeeply researched and lucidly conveyed, Desperate Remedies masterfully illustrates the assumptions and theory behind the therapy, providing a definitive new account of psychiatry's and society's battle with mental illness.

Desperate Remedies

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Allen Lane.

The theme of law emerges time and again in Durkheim's writings. But, until now, these writings have remained scattered through his work. This book brings them together and sets them within their context. It also provides an introduction demonstrating both the distinctive nature of Durkheim's thought and the topics he discussed.

Durkheim and the Law

Steven Lukes

Legal History

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

No markings/notations. Dust Jacket shows minor shelf/use wear with some minor corner/edge bumping, curling. Spine/binding tight and pages in good cond.

Museums of Madness

First printed edition by Leopold Nowak 1955 (revised edition 1999)

Madness in Civilization (Hardback) /anglais

Unbekannt

Decarceration: Community Treatment and the Deviant - A Radical View

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Polity Press

The Victorian Age saw the transformation of the madhouse into the asylum into the mental hospital; of the mad-doctor into the alienist into the psychiatrist; and of the madman (and madwoman) into the mental patient. In Andrew Scull's edited collection Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen, contributors' essays offer a historical analysis of the issues that continue to plague the psychiatric profession today. Topics covered include the debate over the effectiveness of institutional or community treatment, the boundary between insanity and criminal responsibility, the implementation of commitment laws, and the differences in defining and treating mental illness based on the gender of the patient.

Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era

History

Europe

University of Pennsylvania Press

Madness in Civilization (Chinese Edition)

Social Science Academic Press

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