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Agnes's jacket : a psychologist's search for the meanings of madness / Gail A. Hornstein.

  • Hornstein, Gail A., 1951-
Date
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Rodale, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xxv, 310 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-303) and index.

Contents

The voice hearer -- Beyond belief -- The network -- Mavericks in Maastricht -- Who's crazy now? -- Freedom Center -- Prisoner abuse -- He might be Houdini -- Field notes -- Peter, who comes from Jesus -- Philosophy of a lunatic -- Whitsbury House -- Experts by experience -- Secrets and hostages -- Train tracks -- Free speech -- Trauma and testimony -- Displaced persons -- The mental market -- Hunger strikers -- The late quartets -- Hidden in plain sight -- Visions wrapped in riddles -- Written on the body -- The wound does the healing -- Finding what works and what doesn't.

Languages

  • English

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PP /HUR
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ISBN

  • 9781594865442
  • 1594865442