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Suspicious minds : how culture shapes madness / Joel Gold and Ian Gold.

Van Pelt Library RC455.4.E8 G65 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gold, Joel (Joel Todd)
Contributor:
Gold, Ian, 1962-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cultural psychiatry.
Social psychiatry.
Mental illness.
Mental Disorders--ethnology.
Ethnopsychology.
Mental Disorders--psychology.
Medical Subjects:
Mental Disorders--ethnology.
Ethnopsychology.
Mental Disorders--psychology.
Physical Description:
xix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Other Title:
How culture shapes madness
Place of Publication:
New York : Free Press, 2014.
Summary:
"Combining extraordinary true stories with the latest research, Joel and Ian Gold take us on a wild journey through the delusional brain to explore the intersection of neuroscience, biology, and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I The Sleep of Reason
1 A Short History of Madness 17
James Tilly Matthews: The Air Loom 26
Donald: Depression and Damnation 40
Louis: Hell on Earth 53
2 One Hundred Years of Delusion 59
Friedrich Krauss: A Hot Metal Disk 67
Ruby: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go 83
How Does It Feel? 92
Truman Revisited: 101
David: Unreality Show 101
Lori: Charley's Mom 103
Ethan: The Otherness of Other People 107
Part II The Social Life of Madness
3 The Madding Crowd 115
Samir: Poking Around the Brain 129
Jada: Very Pregnant 137
Jane: The Queen 151
4 Hell Is Other People 157
John: The Academic 167
Do Delusions Foster Violence? 178
Calvin: Othello in New York 185
5 Belief Unhinged 191
Simone: The Pope 197
When Life Imitates Art 207
Lawrence: Artificial Intelligence 213
6 Beyond Belief 219
Benjamin: Misperceptions 221
Benjamin: Building Trust 226
Kevin: The Olympian 234.
Notes:
"The Truman Show delusion and other strange beliefs"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.
ISBN:
9781439181553
1439181551
OCLC:
741542704

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