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020			_a9780511526725 (ebook)
020			_z9780521431354 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aRC437.5 _b.B468 1996
082	0	0	_a616.89/001 _220
100	1		_aBerrios, G. E., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe history of mental symptoms : _bdescriptive psychopathology since the nineteenth century / _cGerman E. Berrios.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1996.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 565 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aSince psychiatry remains a descriptive discipline, it is essential for its practitioners to understand how the language of psychiatry came to be formed. This important book, written by a psychiatrist-historian, traces the genesis of the descriptive categories of psychopathology and examines their interaction with the psychological and philosophical context within which they arose. The author explores particularly the language and ideas that have characterised descriptive psychopathology from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. He presents a masterful survey of the history of the main psychiatric symptoms, from the metaphysics of classical antiquity to the operational criteria of today. Tracing the evolution of concepts such as memory, consciousness, will and personality, and of symptoms ranging from catalepsy and aboulia to anxiety and self-harm, this book provides fascinating insights into the subjective nature of mental illness, and into the ideas of British, Continental and American authorities who sought to clarify and define it.
650		0	_aPsychology, Pathological _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aDescriptive psychology.
650		0	_aPsychology, Pathological _xHistory.
650		0	_aMental illness _xTerminology _xHistory.
650		0	_aMental illness _xClassification _xHistory.
650		0	_aMental illness _xClassification _xSocial aspects.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521431354
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511526725
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