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A history of psychiatry
from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac
By Shorter, Edward
- ISBN
- 978-0-47115-749-6
- Publisher
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1997
The view of psychiatry held by both insiders and the general public has changed considerably in the past few decades, in ways that Shorter (From the Mind into the Body, LJ 11/1/93) both acknowledges and celebrates. For the most part, psychiatrists have moved from what Shorter calls the "Freudian Interlude" to a role as gatekeepers of psychopharmaceuticals. Shorter covers psyc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
