Mind Fixers

In this "masterpiece... the preeminent historian of neuroscience" (Science) explores psychiatry's frustrated efforts to understand mental disorders as medical disorders. Anne Harrington reveals how psychiatry's waxing and waning theories have been shaped, not just by developments in the clinic and laboratory, but also by a surprising range of social factors. The "enthralling Mind Fixers" (Nature) recounts the past and present undertaking to understand the biological basis of mental illness-its potential and its limitations-in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future, both for those who suffer and those whose job it is to care for them.

About the author

Anne Harrington is the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science and faculty dean of Pforzheimer House at Harvard University. She is the author of four books, including Mind Fixers and The Cure Within. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Summary

Mind Fixers tells the history of psychiatry’s quest to understand the biological basis of mental illness and asks where we need to go from here.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Harrington, Anne (Harvard University) Harrington
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780393358063
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35806-3
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 208 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health services