An Inquiry Concerning That Disturbed State of the Vital Functions Usually Denominated Constitutional Irritation (Classic Reprint)

An Inquiry Concerning That Disturbed State of the Vital Functions Usually Denominated Constitutional Irritation (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Benjamin Travers

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9781331243250

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Excerpt from An Inquiry Concerning That Disturbed State of the Vital Functions Usually Denominated Constitutional Irritation Since my mind was first directed to the practice of my profession, it has been in a particular manner interested by the subject of this treatise. The phrase "irritation," although it has no precise idea prefixed to it, is in constant use, and appears so to satisfy or to suspend inquiry relative to unforeseen results, as to be little better than an empirical subterfuge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Neurasthenia-Depression Controversy

The Neurasthenia-Depression Controversy PDF

Author: Donald McLawhorn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-05

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1000371999

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This book is about the largest debate that has occurred in the field of cultural psychiatry and its impact on diagnosing, theorizing, and clinical practice. It is also about the role of culture in psychopathology specifically in relation to China. This book is the first comprehensive and critical assessment of the anthropological psychiatry that has provided Western physicians with their ideas about somatization and culture. It is argued that psychiatric nosology and the broader cultural milieu interact in a fascinating way and co-facilitate individual conformity to culturally salient categories, consciously or unconsciously, through a process of belief, expectation, and learning. The result is that codified experiences can be translated from the mind to the body and back again. Through a critical evaluation of the Neurasthenia-Depression controversy, we can gain a view of the contested and shifting nature of psychiatric nosology, and thereby attempt to introduce the beginnings of a model that elucidates how psychiatric distress varies across cultures. This timely book challenges conventional wisdom about neurasthenia and depression in Chinese societies. Its findings will be of value to anyone who works with Chinese people with these mental illnesses across the global diaspora.

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