A cursing brain? : the histories of Tourette syndrome / / Howard I. Kushner

• Autore: Kushner Howard I
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii ) : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 616.83
• Soggetto topico: Tourette syndrome - History; Tic disorders
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Terms -- 1. An Elusive Syndrome -- 2. The Case of the Cursing Marquise -- 3. A Disputed Illness -- 4. The Case of “O.” and the Emergence of Psychoanalysis -- 5. Competing Claims -- 6. The Disappearance of Tic Illness -- 7. Margaret Mahler and the Tic Syndrome -- 8. Haloperidol and the Persistence of the Psychogenic Frame -- 9. The French Resistance -- 10. The Triumph of the Organic Narrative -- 11. Clashing Cultural Conceptions -- 12. Clinical Lessons -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text traces the problematic classification through three distinct but overlapping stories: that of the claims of medical knowledge, that of patients' experiences, and that of cultural expectations and assumptions.
• Titolo autorizzato: A cursing brain
• ISBN: 9780674039865; 0674039866
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962442103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II