382 34637575-6be0-4c6a-aef5-b0d79538269c Madness: A Brief History Roy Porter calibre (4.11.1) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2002-03-14T23:00:00+00:00 <div> <p>This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. </p> <p>Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac. </p> <p>The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.</p></div> OUP Oxford 9780192802675 eng psychosocialautonomy