Madness : a biography

By:

Fallon, Paul

Publication details: London : Red Globe Press, 2019Description: vii, 168pISBN:

9781137603043

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 11.

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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

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.

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