Psychiatry
Antiquity and Its Legacy
$40.07
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2025
Summary
Is psychiatry a distinctively modern approach to mental difference and distress, or is it a continuation of ancient Greek ideas – in the realm not only of medicine (consider ‘melancholia’), but also of philosophy (source of the idea of ‘therapeutics of the soul’) and tragic drama (inspiration for, among other concepts, the ‘Oedipus complex’)?
This volume examines how psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy have been shaped by classical antiquity (and ideas about antiquity), and i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350215801 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350215805 |
| Author: | Dr Jessica Wright |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 138mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Ancients and Moderns |
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Critics Review
This is a beautifully written account of the connections between ancient medicine and modern psychiatry. Jessica Wright has set out some fascinating details. But the most impressive aspect of the book is the breadth of understanding that she brings to bear on a range of complex concepts and phenomena. – Julian C Hughes, Honorary Professor, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK.
Dr Jessica Wright
Jessica Wright is a Teaching Fellow in Academic Skills Development at the Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds, UK. They are author of The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity (2022).
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