Shrinks : the untold story of psychiatry
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Ogas, Ogi, author.
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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015.
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9780297871354 (hbk.) :
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Published
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015.
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340 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN
9780297871354 (hbk.) :

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Jeffrey Lieberman shares the story of psychiatry's origins and the chequered history of useless or harmful treatments - including hydrotherapy, lobotomies and primal screaming - that made psychiatry the black sheep of medicine.