| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 297 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Colophon books (New York, N.Y.) ; 1151 |
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Colophon books (New York, N.Y.) ; 1151.
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| Contents |
The Myth of Mental Illness -- Growth and Structure of the Myth -- Charcot and the Problem of Hysteria -- Illness and Counterfeit Illness -- The Social Context of Medical Practice -- Hysteria: An Example of the Myth -- Breuer and Freud's Studies on Hysteria -- Hysteria and Psychosomatic Medicine -- Contemporary Views of Hysteria and Mental Illness -- Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct -- Semiotical Analysis of Behavior -- Language and Protolanguage -- Hysteria as Communication -- Rule-Following Analysis of Behavior -- The Rule-Following Model of Human Behavior -- The Ethics of Helplessness and Helpfulness -- Theology, Witchcraft, and Hysteria -- Game-Model Analysis of Behavior -- The Game-Playing Model of Human Behavior -- Hysteria as a Game -- Impersonation and Illness -- The Ethics of Psychiatry. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 281-292. |
| Subject |
Psychiatry -- Philosophy.
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Mental illness.
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Hysteria.
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Ethics.
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Hysteria.
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Psychology, Pathological.
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| ISBN |
0060911514 paperback |
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0060141964 |
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