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Clinical Diagnosis of Mental Disorders
Benjamin B. . Ed(S): Wolman
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wolman, Benjamin B. Num Pages: 922 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMP; MMH; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1746.
For centuries the "treatment" of mentally disturbed individuals was quite simple. They were accused of collusion with evil spirits, hunted, and persecuted. The last "witch" was killed as late as 1782 in Switzerland. Mentally disturbed people did not fare much better even when the witchhunting days were gone. John Christian Reil gave the following description of mental pa tients at the crossroads of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: We incarcerate these miserable creatures as if they were criminals in abandoned jails, near to the lairs of owls in barren canyons beyond the city gates, or in damp dungeons of prisons, ... Read more
For centuries the "treatment" of mentally disturbed individuals was quite simple. They were accused of collusion with evil spirits, hunted, and persecuted. The last "witch" was killed as late as 1782 in Switzerland. Mentally disturbed people did not fare much better even when the witchhunting days were gone. John Christian Reil gave the following description of mental pa tients at the crossroads of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: We incarcerate these miserable creatures as if they were criminals in abandoned jails, near to the lairs of owls in barren canyons beyond the city gates, or in damp dungeons of prisons, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
922
Condition
New
Number of Pages
922
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468424928
SKU
V9781468424928
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