A Critical History of Schizophrenia

McNally, Kieran

Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's historic instability via themes such as symptoms, definition, classification and anti-psychiatry. In doing so, it opens up new ways of understanding 20th century madness.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-01-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137456809

DOI: 10.1057/9781137456816

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 269.0