Logic of Madness : A New Theory of Mental Illness 9780992796143

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct [Revised Edition] 0060911514, 9780060911515

“A classic work that has revolutionized thinking throughout the Western world about the nature of the psychiatric profes

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Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation's Capital 019085264X, 9780190852641

From the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Saint Elizabeths Hospital was one of the United States' mo

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Neurosis: The Logic of a Metaphysical Illness 9780367477196, 9780367477219, 9781003036166

Psychoanalysis began over a century ago as a treatment for neurosis. Rooted in the positivistic mindset of the medicine

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Creating Mental Illness 9780226765891

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a

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The Language of Mental Illness: Corpus Linguistics and the Construction of Mental Illness in the Press 1108845916, 9781108845915, 9781108991278, 9781108994040

Mental health is a matter of vital importance in today's society, with the news media reporting on the topic on an

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A Theory of Logic and Mind 0520207912

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Journeys Into Madness: Mapping Mental Illness in the Austro-Hungarian Empire 9780857454591

At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud’s investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illne

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Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France: Machines, Madness, Metaphor 1843845121, 9781843845126

An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobiled, in textual reactions to th

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Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes? 9783030218669, 303021866X

The book covers important topics in the psychiatric genetics (PG) field. Many of these have been overlooked in mainstrea

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Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media: Quieting the Madness 0367820528, 9780367820527

This volume examines the shift toward positive and more accurate portrayals of mental illness in entertainment media, as

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