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Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present.Read more

A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac by Edward Shorter (Paperback, 1998)

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Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present.

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Author(s)Edward Shorter
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date of Publication16/03/1998
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaperback
ISBN-100471245313
ISBN-139780471245315
SubjectMedicine: General

Publication Data
Place of PublicationNew York
Country of PublicationUnited States
ImprintJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
Content Note32 photographs and engravings

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Weight712 g
Width156 mm
Height229 mm
Spine29 mm

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Table Of ContentsThe Birth of Psychiatry. The Asylum Era. The First Biological Psychiatry. Nerves. The Psychoanalytic Hiatus. Alternatives. The Second Biological Psychiatry. From Freud to Prozac. Notes. Index.
Author BiographyEDWARD 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.

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