From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era

This fascinating history of psychosomatic disorders shows how patients throughout the centuries have produced symptoms in tandem with the cultural shifts of the larger society. Newly popularized diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome and total allergy syndrome are only the most recent examples of patients complaining of ailments that express the truths about the culture in which they live.

Author: Edward Shorter
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 05/01/1993
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.06w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780029286678
ISBN10: 0029286670
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Diseases
- Psychology | Psychopathology | General