Madness: A Very Short Introduction

Scull, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0199608032 / ISBN 13: 9780199608034

Published by Oxford University Press, 2011

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Synopsis:

A provocative and entertaining examination of the social, cultural, medical, and artistic responses to mental disturbance across more than two millennia

About the Author: Andrew Scull has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and the University of California, where he is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies. He is a past president of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, many of them on the history of psychiatry in Britain and the United States. He has lectured on five continents, as well as making many media appearances on programmes dealing with mental health issues.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Madness: A Very Short Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket