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Anxiety : a short history / Allan V. Horwitz.
Allan V. Horwitz, a sociologist of mental illness and mental health, narrates how this condition has been experienced, understood, and treated through the ages - from Hippocrates, through Freud, to today.
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- ISBN: 9781421410807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 142141080X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xvi, 190 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Charles E. Rosenberg -- Afraid -- Classical anxiety -- From medicine to religion, and back -- The nineteenth century's new uncertainties -- The Freudian revolution -- Psychology's ascendance -- The age of anxiety -- The future of anxiety. |
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| Subject: | Anxiety disorders > History. Anxiety Disorders > history. Anxiety > history. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | RC 531 .H67 2013 | 30775305464118 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Anxiety : A Short History
Allan V. Horwitz is a professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. He is author of Creating Mental Illness .
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