Madness: A Brief History

What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.

• | By (Author): Roy (Former Professor of the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London) Porter
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• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2003
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0192802674
• | ISBN-13: 9780192802675