| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xvi, 471 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 431-451. |
| Contents |
Introduction / by Jules Masserman -- Pt. I. The age of psychiatry. Psychiatry comes of age ; The three basic trends in psychiatry -- Pt. II. From the ancients through the modern era. Contributions of the ancients ; The classical era ; The medieval period ; The Renaissance ; The era of reason and observation ; The Enlightenment ; The romantic reaction ; The modern era -- Pt. III. Sigmund Freud ; Freud's scientific evolution ; Freud's contributions to social theory and the humanities ; The psychoanalytic movement ; The psychoanalytic pioneers ; The dissenters ; Contributions from outside the psychoanalytic school -- Pt. IV. Recent developments. The organic approach ; Psychological developments ; Social psychiatry ; The culturalist school and the neo-Freudians ; Philosophical vistas ; Developments in child psychiatry ; The psychosomatic approach in medicine ; Outlook. -- Appendix A. The Founders of the American Psychiatric Association -- Appendix B. Jung and the National Socialists -- Appendix C. The Organization of Psychoanalytic and Psychiatric Teaching, Practice, and Research. |
| Subject |
Psychiatry -- History.
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| Added Author |
Selesnick, Sheldon T., author.
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