Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
Andrew Scull
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Description
A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction
A Telegraph Book of the Year
Product Details
Price
$35.00
$32.55
Publisher
Belknap Press
Publish Date
May 17, 2022
Pages
512
Dimensions
6.1 X 8.7 X 1.2 inches | 1.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780674265103
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Andrew Scull is the author of Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine; Hysteria: The Disturbing History; Madness: A Very Short Introduction, and Psychiatry and Its Discontents, among other books. Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, he won the Roy Porter Medal for lifetime contribution to the history of medicine and the Eric Carlson award for lifetime contributions to the history of psychiatry. He has contributed to many documentaries, including PBS's "Mysteries of Mental Illness" and "The Lobotomist," has written for the The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Times Literary Supplement, Scientific American, and The Nation, and blogs for Psychology Today and Mad in America.