Care of the Psyche: A History of Psychological Healing

by Stanley Jackson

Book Overview

In this book, a distinguished historian of medicine surveys the basic elements that have constituted psychological healing over the centuries. Dr. Stanley W. Jackson shows that healing practices, whether they come from the worlds of medicine, religion, or philosophy, share certain elements that transcend space and time.

Drawing on medical writings from classical Greece and Rome to the present, as well as on philosophical and religious writings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076711
• ISBN13: 9780300076714
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"