Kamis, 13 Oktober 2011

Mania

Mania
Author: David Healy
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801888220

This provocative history of bipolar disorder illuminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time. Download Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania-and the term maniac-in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness. Healy recounts the changing definitions of mania through the centuries, explores the effects of new terminology and growing public awareness of the disease on culture and society, and examines the rise of psychotropic treatments and pharmacological marketing over the past four decades. Along th Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. Mania medical books pdf for free. Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania-and the term maniac-in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness Along th



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