Illustrations of Madness (Psychology Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9780415712507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 92 str.

John Haslam; Roy Porter

Opis

John Haslam's 'Illustrations of Madness', written in 1810, occupies a special place in psychiatric history, it was the first book-length account of one single psychiatric case written by a British psychiatrist. John Haslam, apothecary to London's Bethlem Hospital, and a leading psychiatrist of the early-19th century, details the case of James Tilly Matthews, who had been a patient in the hospital for some ten years. Matthews claimed he was sane, as did his friends and certain doctors. Haslam, on behalf of the Bethlem authorities, contended he was insane, and attempted to demonstrate this by presenting a detailed account of Matthew's own delusional system, as far as possible in Matthew's own words.

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction by Roy Porter.  Illustrations of Madness by John Haslam.

O autorze

John Haslam, Roy Porter