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Madness in Society
Chapters in the Historical Sociology of Mental Illness

Rosen, George
Publisher:  Harper & Row, New York, USA
Year Published:  1969  
Pages:  337pp  
Resource Type:  Book

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Table of Contents

Preface to the Torehbook edition, by Benjamin Nelson

Preface

Introduction : Psychopathology in the Social Process

THE ANCIENT WORLD

Ancient Palestine and Neighbouring Adjacent Areas
Greece and Rome

FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT

Western Central Europe During the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Irrationality and Madness in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe
Some Origins of Social Psychiatry: Social Stress and Mental Disease from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Psychic Epidemics in Europe and the United States.
Dance Frenzies, Demonic Possession, Revival Movements and Related Phenomena, Fourteenth to Twentieth centuries

CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS

Psychopathology of Ageing : Cross-Cultural and Historical Approaches
Patterns of Discovery and Control in Mental Illness
Public Health and Menthal : Converging Trends and Emerging Issues

Acknowledgements

Index


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