SHRINKS by Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Ogi Ogas ( 9781780227016 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SHRINKS
THE UNTOLD STORY OF PSYCHIATRY

By:

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Ogi Ogas

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1780227019

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9781780227016

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Publisher:

ORION PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

17 March, 2016

Pages:

352

Description:

A seminal account of the history and contemporary landscape of psychiatry

Synopsis:

A world-renowned psychiatrist reveals the fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise and redemption. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining 'lunatics' in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for 'the black sheep of medicine' has been anything but smooth. In SHRINKS, Dr Lieberman traces the field from its birth as a mystic pseudo-science through its adolescence as a cult of 'shrinks' to its late blooming maturity since the Second World War as a science-driven profession that saves lives. With fascinating case studies and portraits of the luminaries of the field, from Sigmund Freud to Eric Kandel, SHRINKS is a gripping and illuminating read. It is also an urgent call-to-arms to dispel the stigma surrounding mental illness and to start treating it as a disease rather than a state of mind.

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integrated photographs

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Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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