TY - BOOK AU - Healy,David TI - Mania: a short history of bipolar disorder T2 - Johns Hopkins biographies of disease SN - 9780801888229 AV - RC516 .H43 2008 U1 - 616.89/5 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Manic-depressive illness KW - History KW - fast KW - idszbz KW - Manisch-depressive Krankheit KW - gnd KW - Bipolar Disorder KW - history KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-287) and index; Frenzy and stupor -- Circling the brain -- Circular madness -- The stone of madness -- The eclipse of manic-depressive disorder -- Branded in the USA -- The latest mania -- The engineers of human souls -- The once and future laboratory N2 - This provocative history of bipolar disorder illuminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time. Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania--and the term maniac--in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness. Healy recounts the changing definitions of mania through the centuries, explores the effects of new terminology and growing public awareness of the disease on culture and society, and examines the rise of psychotropic treatments and pharmacological marketing over the past four decades. Along the way, Healy clears much of the confusion surrounding bipolar disorder even as he raises crucial questions about how, why, and by whom the disease is diagnosed. Drawing heavily on primary sources and supplemented with interviews and insight gained over Healy's long career, this lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind's most vexing ailments UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0726/2007036100.html UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016475119&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007036100-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007036100-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007036100-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007036100-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/200703610b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/200703610d.html ER -