Masters of the mind : exploring the story of mental illness from ancient times to the new millennium / Theodore Millon ; with contributions by Seth D. Grossman and Sarah E. Meagher ; portraits by Theodore Millon and Carrie N. Millon.

Author/creator Millon, Theodore
Other author Grossman, Seth.
Other author Meagher, Sarah E.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2004.
Descriptionxxiii, 641 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Mental illness--History.
Clinical psychology--History. --Biography.
Mental Disorders--therapy. --Biography.

Contents Philosophical Stories -- Demythologizing the Ancients' Spirits -- Resuscitating and Fashioning Scientific Thinking -- Humanitarian Stories -- Creating and Reforming the Custodial Asylum -- Rekindling Sensibilities and Releasing Potentials -- Neuroscientific Stories -- Identifying, Describing and Classifying Psychiatric Disorders -- Exploring and Altering the Convoluted Brain -- Psychoanalytic Stories -- Exposing and Decoding the Unconscious -- Innovating the Intricacies of Intrapsychic Thought -- Psychoscientific Stories -- Untangling Learning and Remedying Behavior -- Scrutinizing Introspections and Rebuilding Cognitions -- Sociocultural Stories -- Unveiling the Social and Anthropologic World -- Exploring and Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships -- Personologic Stories -- Enlisting Evolution to Elucidate Human Adaptations -- Systematically Measuring and Integrating the Mind.
Local noteLittle-344579--305131046484$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 599-616) and index.
LCCN 2004043538
ISBN0471469858 (cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RC438 .M557 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold