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UNINA9910807971003321 |
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Shorter Edward |
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How everyone became depressed : the rise and fall of the nervous breakdown / / Edward Shorter |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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0-19-997825-5 |
0-19-756330-9 |
0-19-994809-7 |
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1 online resource (x, 256 pages) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Depression, Mental |
Stress (Psychology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2013. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nerves as a problem -- Rise of nervous illness -- Fatigue -- Anxiety -- Melancholia -- Nervous breakdown -- Paradigm shift -- Something wrong with the label -- Drugs -- Return of the two depressions -- Nerves redux. |
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In this work, Edward Shorter, a professor of psychiatry & the history of medicine argues for a return to the old fashioned concept of nervous illness. These are, he writes, diseases of the entire body, not the mind, & as was recognized as early as the 1600s. Shorter traces the evolution of the concept of 'nerves' & the 'nervous breakdown' in western medical thought. He points to a great paradigm shift in the first third of the 20th century that transferred behavioural disorders from neurology to psychiatry, spotlighting the mind, not the body. The catch-all term 'depression' now applies to virtually everything, 'a jumble of non-disease entities, created by political infighting within psychiatry, by competitive struggles in the pharmaceutical industry, and by the whimsy of the regulators.' Depression is a & very serious illness - it should not be diagnosed without regard to the rest of the body. |
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UNINA9910915686303321 |
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Autore |
T David |
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Titolo |
Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants (Bilingual Edition) |
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Hong Kong : , : Chinese University Press, The, , 2023 |
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©2023 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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This beautifully illustrated guide presents a carefully curated collection of 20 plant species native to Hong Kong, with scientific, detailed illustrations and morphological descriptions, together with botanical references, all essential for species authentication.Of the 20 species selected, 15 are precious, rare and endangered, or protected species, making this guide of special importance for plant preservation in Hong Kong, as well as for botanists, plant lovers, and illustrators. The botanical illustrations are all based on many years of field observation, plant dissection, vouchers and collected specimens of the Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and have been authenticated by professional botanists and illustrated by botanical artists.This book is also a very useful reference for STEAM education, with a helpful guide that provides a variety of suggested activities for primary and secondary school teachers to use in their classrooms, helping teachers to organize classes in a way that encourages students' interest in science through the integration of plants, art and technology. |
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