From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era by Edward Shorter (Hardcover, 1992)

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Product Description : Placing the physical symptoms of stress in a historical and cultural context the author shows how patients through the centuries have produced symptoms in tandem with the cultural shifts of the larger society

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Shorter shows how psychosomatic symptoms are related to cultural conditions. In the repressive Victorian period, such symptoms were generally hysteria and paralysis. In the permissive society, they took the form of enervation and languor.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-139780029286654
eBay Product ID (ePID)86902729

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Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameFrom Paralysis to Fatigue: a History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year1992
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaClinical Psychology
AuthorEdward Shorter
FormatHardcover

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Item Height240 mm
Item Weight768 g
Item Width160 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorEdward Shorter

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