A Critical History of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia was psychiatry's arch concept of madness in the twentieth century. However, it was a concept that was both surprisingly problematic and contentious.
This book explores schizophrenia's instability, as the concept changed across the 20th cen
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A Critical History of Schizophrenia Kieran McNally Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland
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