psychiatry

Presents a first-hand look at scientists' research on how the mind and brain work and on treatment for mental dysfunctions.

Explores the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment from antiquity to the present day.

Contains approximately four hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on mental disorders, diagnostic procedures and techinques, therapies, and psychiatric medications, and includes cross-references, a glossary, and resources.

Discusses the types of mental illness and describes how they are diagnosed and treated.

Traces the evolution of psychiatry from the madhouses of the eighteenth century to the current era with its focus on medicine and client centered treatments.

Explores the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment from antiquity to the present day.

Examines the purpose of government sponsored asylums in nineteenth-century England as a method of social control, discusses the reasons for the increased numbers of officially recognized insane, and describes the development of medical education in relation to the mentally ill.