Anxiety : a short history / Allan V. Horwitz.

Author/creator Horwitz, Allan V. author.
Format Book
PublicationBaltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxvi, 190 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesJohns Hopkins biographies of disease
Johns Hopkins biographies of disease. ^A1027146
Contents Afraid -- Classical anxiety -- From medicine to religion and back -- The nineteenth century's new uncertainties -- The Freudian revolution -- Psychology's ascendance -- The age of anxiety -- The future of anxiety.
Abstract Allan V. Horwitz, a sociologist of mental illness and mental health, narrates how this condition has been experienced, understood, and treated through the ages - from Hippocrates, through Freud, to today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index.
LCCN 2013003541
ISBN9781421410807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN142141080X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks RC531 .H67 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold