1. Introduction -- 2. Disease designing -- 3. Delirious mania -- 4. Malignant catatonia -- 5. Bipolar craziness -- 6. Adolescent insanity -- 7. Firewall -- 8. Stages -- 9. An alternative, history-based, nosology -- 10. Conclusion.
"Psychiatry as a field is over two centuries old and over that time has gathered great wisdom about mental illnesses. But there are diagnoses that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) failed to include, along with diagnoses that should not have been in…
Psychiatry as a field is over two centuries old and over that time has gathered great wisdom about mental illnesses. But there are diagnoses that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) failed to include, along with diagnoses that should not have been inc…
As a discipline, psychiatry has always walked a fine if not easily defined line between social and biological science. This book traces this evolution in its social, political, and philosophical contexts, charting the rise of psychology as a legitimate field of scientific pursui…
As a discipline, psychiatry has always walked a fine if not easily defined line between social and biological science. This title traces this evolution in its social, political, and philosophical contexts, charting the rise of psychology as a legitimate field of scientific pursu…
Hippocrates Cried offers an eye-witness account of the decline of American psychiatry by an experienced psychiatrist and researcher. Arguing that patients with mental disorders are no longer receiving the care they need, Dr. Taylor suggest that modern psychiatrists in the U.S. r…