Schizophrenia: An Unfinished History
Book Details
- Publisher : Polity Press
- Published : 2022
- Cover : Hardback
- Pages : 224
- Category :
Clinical Psychology - Catalogue No : 97006
- ISBN 13 : 9781509536474
- ISBN 10 : 9781509536
Reviews and Endorsements
"Ophir's survey of schizophrenia is magisterial. Diagnostic categorization has served general medicine and physical health very well. But this book conveys that we may have to consider such a process as abnormal, even inhuman, when it comes to personal experiences." - Robert Hinshelwood, psychoanalyst and author.
"We have long awaited a history of schizophrenia that brings to bear a deep understanding of that word's past and present. This excellent look backwards will become a new starting point for us to better consider our future." - George Makari, MD, author of Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia
"A superb account of the vicissitudes of the schizophrenia concept." - Ruth Leys, Johns Hopkins University.
"captivating [...] thoughtful and compassionate" - History Today
"Ophir covers this ground skillfully, piquing the interests of readers coming from many different backgrounds and disciplines." - Meghan Wildhood, Mad in America