The history of psychiatry; an evaluation of psychiatric thought and practice from prehistoric times to the present / by Franz G. Alexander, M.D. and Sheldon T. Selesnick, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Franz, 1891-1964.

Selesnick, Sheldon T., author.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry--History.

Psychiatry.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 471 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, Harper & Row, Publishers [1966]

Contents:

Part I. The Age of Psychiatry. 1. Psychiatry comes of age; 2. The three basic trends in psychiatry

Part II. From the Ancients through the Modern Era. 3. Contributions of the Ancients; 4. The Classical Era; 5. The Medieval Period; 6. The Renaissance; 7. The Era of Reason and Observation; 8. The Enlightenment; 9. The Romantic Reaction; 10. The Modern Era

Part III. The Freudian Age. 11. Sigmund Freud; 12. Freud's scientific evolution; 13. Freud's contributions to social theory and the humanities; 14. The psychoanalytic movement; 15. The psychoanalytic pioneers; 16. The dissenters; 17. Contributions from outside the psychoanalytic school

Part IV. Recent Developments. 18. The organic approach; 19. Psychological developments; 20. Social psychiatry; 21. The Culturalist School and the Neo-Freudians; 22. Philosophical vistas; 23. Developments in child psychiatry; 24. The psychosomatic approach in medicine; 25. The outlook.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-451) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy has autograph of Mark B. Adams November, 1973.

Adams copy has dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

229823