Madness: A Biography

ISBN-13: 9781137603043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 168 str.

Paul Fallon

Opis

This exciting new book explores the history of major mental disorders by looking at a wide range of historical and contemporary figures that have experienced mental illness. It discusses changing perceptions of mental illness and the treatments used at different historical periods from antiquity to the present day via the biographical sketches.

Spis treści

1. Anxiety Disorders.- 2. Depression.- 3. Dementia.- 4. Eating Disorders.- 5. Psychosis.- 6. Bipolar Disorder.- 7. Dual Diagnosis.

O autorze

Paul Fallon is a Senior Practitioner for Nursing and Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Salford, UK