The Harmony of illusions : inventing post-traumatic stress disorder

The Harmony of illusions inventing post-traumatic stress disorder

As far back as we know, there have been individuals incapacitated by memories that have filled them with sadness and remorse, fright and horror, or a sense of irreparable loss. Only recently, however, have people tormented with such recollections been diagnosed as suffering from "post-traumatic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Allan, 1938- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c1995.
Edition:Course Book
Subjects:
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Philosophy.
Social epistemology.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Case studies.
Nevroses post-traumatiques > Philosophie.
Epistemologie sociale.
Nevroses post-traumatiques > Cas, Etudes de.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798002606719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I: THE ORIGINS OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY
  • One. Making Traumatic Memory
  • Two. World War I
  • PART II: THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY
  • Three. The DSM-III Revolution
  • Four. The Architecture of Traumatic Time
  • PART III: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN PRACTICE
  • Five. The Technology of Diagnosis
  • Six. Everyday Life in a Psychiatric Unit
  • Seven. Talking about PTSD
  • Eight. The Biology of Traumatic Memory
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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