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November 21, 2008

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Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease)
enlarge	Author: David Healy Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Buy New: $14.78 You Save: $10.17 (41%) Buy New/Used from $11.43 Avg. Customer Rating: (1 reviews) Sales Rank: 72349 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 320 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.5 x 1.1 ISBN: 0801888220 Dewey Decimal Number: 616.895 EAN: 9780801888229 ASIN: 0801888220 Publication Date: May 22, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description This provocative history of bipolar disorder illuminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time. 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 the way, Healy clears much of the confusion surrounding bipolar disorder even as he raises crucial questions about how, why, and by whom the disease is diagnosed. Drawing heavily on primary sources and supplemented with interviews and insight gained over Healy's long career, this lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind's most vexing ailments.

Customer Reviews: A lire de toute urgence July 6, 2008 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Ce que nous demontre brillamment David Healy dans ce livre, en s'appuyant sur le cas particulier de l'histoire, extremement bien documentee, du trouble bipolaire, c'est que le savoir psychiatrique d'aujourd'hui, celui qui est partage par les medecins comme celui qui est diffuse dans le grand public, s'apparente a une pseudo-science. Cette derniere modifie profondement la representation que avons de nous-memes alors qu'elle n'est orientee que par la necessite pour les firmes d'obtenir des autorisations de mise sur le marche et par des contraintes de marketing visant a etendre au maximum la commercialisation de tel ou tel psychotrope (en incluant les enfants des leur plus jeune age, au besoin). C'est toute une logique de type marchande qui met a son service les soignants et fait peser un risque sur les patients, en reduisant la pratique des soins a l'echange d'un produit de consommation, clairement delimite et en elaguant de ce fait tout ce qui n'entre pas dans ce cadre, principalement le rapport humain et l'engagement dans la duree aupres des patients. Ce livre est tout a fait essentiel et doit etre lu de toute urgence par tous ceux qui sont concernes par ces questions et qui esperent que la medecine en general et la psychiatrie en particulier cessent de deriver.

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