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Book SynopsisA brilliant cultural history Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read outstanding' The Times
Trade Review'Perhaps the most comprehensive account of the history of psychiatry that has yet appeared in a single volume' - The Times Literary Supplement
'A milestone text … No other monograph has accomplished such scope, perception and balance in covering madness’s haunting, shifting presence in civilization’s psyche ' - BBC History Magazine
'Powerful and disturbing … a panoramic survey' - The Sunday Times
'Learned, liberally humanitarian and wryly witty' - The Spectator
Table of ContentsEndorsements • 1. Confronting Madness • 2. Madness in the Ancient World • 3. The Darkness and the Dawn • 4. Melancholie and Madnesse • 5. Madhouses and MadDoctors • 6. Nerves and Nervousness • 7. The Great Confinement • 8. Degeneration and Despair • 9. The Demi-Fous • 10. Desperate Remedies • 11. A Meaningful Interlude • 12. A Psychiatric Revolution?
