A History of Clinical Psychiatry: The Origin and History of Psychiatric Diseases Book

The last 20 years have seen a growth in interest in the history of psychiatry. Emphasis has been given to social topics, moral treatment and psychiatry as a profession, but little work has been produced on the internal history of individual diseases and their medico-social context. This book aims to redress this imbalance by exploring the history of significant psychiatric disorders from both the clinical and socio-historical perspective. It is divided in three sections covering neuropsychiatric disorders such as dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease; functional psychoses such as schizophrenia and depression; and neuroses and personality. The text is designed as a standard reference work on the subject for practitioners and trainees within medicine, and psychiatry, historians and social scientists. Dr Porter has also published "Mind-Forg'd Manacles".Read More