Of Two Minds: A History of American Psychiatry

Of Two Minds: A History of American Psychiatry

by T.M.Luhrmann (Author)

Synopsis

This text details how psychiatrists are trained, how they develop their particular way of seeing and listening to patients, what makes a psychiatrist successful, and how the ambiguities of the field affect its practitioners and patients. Do we treat people's brains or their minds, it asks.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Picador
Published: 20 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0330485350
ISBN 13: 9780330485357

Author Bio
T.M. Luhrmann is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of two previous books, Persuasions of the Witch's Craft and The Good Parsi. She lives in California.