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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458600803321

Autore

Wenegrat Brant

Titolo

Theater of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness  / / Brant Wenegrat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-280-83495-1

9786610834952

0-19-534976-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

610.69/6

616.89

Soggetti

Sick - Psychology

Social influence

Physician and patient

Psychotherapist and patient

Social psychiatry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The Theater of Disorder; 2. Basic Research and Observations; 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies; 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game; 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders; 6. Multiple Personality Disorder; 7. Recovered Memory Roles; 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Preface. 1. The Theater of Disorder. 2. Basic Research and Observations. 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies. 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game. 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders. 6. Multiple Personality Disorder. 7. Recovered Memory Roles. 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles. Notes. Index