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Author Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.

Title Madness : a brief history / Roy Porter.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.89 PORTER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.89 P835    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.89 POR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.89 PORTER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  616.89 PORTER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  616.89 PORTER    Check Shelf
Description xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Gods and demons -- 3. Madness rationalized -- 4. Fools and folly -- 5. Locking up the mad -- 6. The rise of psychiatry -- 7. The mad -- 8. The century of psychoanalysis? -- 9. Conclusion : modern times, ancient problems?
Subject Mental illness -- History.
Mentally ill -- Care -- History.
Psychiatry -- History.
Mental illness -- history.
Psychiatry -- history.
ISBN 0192802666
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