American Therapy
The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States
$47.47
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2009
Summary
From Freud to Zoloft, the first comprehensive history of American psychotherapy.
Fifty percent of Americans will undergo some form of psychotherapy in their lifetimes, but the origins of the field are rarely known to patients. Yet the story of psychotherapy in America brims with colorful characters, intriguing experimental treatments, and intense debates within this community of healers.
American Therapy begins, as psychotherapy itself does, with the monumental figure…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592404919 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159240491X |
| Author: | Jonathan Engel |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Gotham Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 137mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 17-17 |
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Critics Review
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“Studded with fascinating tidbits […] The story Engel does tell is plenty interesting and his conflicting view of Freudianism well worth absorbing.” - The New York Times Book Review
“A thorough yet concise history of the talking cure. […] A capable explanation of a complicated field.” -Kirkus Reviews
“An authoritative, readable book, this is highly recommended for large general libraries and collections in health and social science.” -Library Journal
Jonathan Engel
Jonathan Engel holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine from Yale, and has written extensively about the historical development of U.S. medicine and health policy.
His previous books include:
- Doctors and Reformers—Discussion and Debate Over Health Policy 1925-1950
- Poor People’s Medicine—Medicaid and American Charity Care Since 1965
- The Epidemic—A Global History of AIDS
A professor of health care policy and management at Seton Hall University, he lives in New Jersey.
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