Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder

by David Healy

Book Overview

This provocative history of bipolar disorder illuminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time.

Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania--and the term maniac--in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421403978
• ISBN13: 9781421403977
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher