In Search of Madness
A psychiatrist’s travels through the history of mental illness
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2022
Summary
A psychiatrist’s travels through the history of mental illness – Who is ‘mad’? Who is not? And who decides?
In this fascinating new exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines ‘madness’ in history and how we have responded to it over the centuries.
We travel from the psychiatric institutions of India to Victorian scientific studies of the brain. Covering institutionalisation, lobotomy and the Nazis’ ‘Aktion T4’, as well as Freud, psychoanalysis, cognitive b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780717193783 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0717193780 |
| Author: | Brendan Kelly |
| Publisher: | Gill |
| Imprint: | Gill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 421g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 152mm x 233mm |
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Brendan Kelly
Professor Brendan Kelly is a professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and a consultant psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin. In addition to his medical degree, he has master’s degrees in epidemiology, healthcare management, and Buddhist studies, and doctorates in medicine, history, governance, and law. He has published two previous books, The Doctor Who Sat for a Year and The Science of Happiness.
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