Making Minds and Madness

by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen

Book Overview

Why do 'maladies of the soul' such as hysteria, anxiety disorders, or depression wax and wane over time? Through a study of the history of psychiatry, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen provocatively argues that most mental illnesses are not, in fact, diseases but the product of varying expectations shared and negotiated by therapists and patients. With a series of fascinating historical vignettes, stretching from Freud's creation of false memories of sexual abuse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521716888
• ISBN13: 9780521716888
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"