The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology Since the Nineteenth Century

Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist Director History and Psychopathology Research Program German E Berrios; G E Berrios
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Tracing the evolution of memory, consciousness, will and personality, and of symptoms ranging from catalepsy and aboulia to anxiety and self-harm, this book provides fascinating insights into the subjective.

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nature of mental illness, as well as the ideas of those who have clarified and defined it.