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

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

Edward Shorter

715 pages first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
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In the 19th century, when gender roles were more confining, the dominant forms of psychosomatic illness were paralysis and hysteria. Today, when people experience confusion about the abundant possibilities available to them, when all is permitted,...

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