Our necessary shadow: the nature and meaning of psychiatry
Auteur :
Burns, Professor Tom
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780241954430
Date de publication :
5 juin 2014
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
280 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Reviews the historical development of psychiatry. In this book, the author shows that mental illnesses are intimately tied to that which makes us human in the first place and have always followed us. Psychiatry, for all its flaws, represents our best attempts to discharge this most human of impulses.