Daily Archives: December 8, 2020

Purchased: Leaving the Sex Trade By Deanna Lynn (12-8-20)

Book excerpts. Previous interview.

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A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac

Edward Shorter writes in this 1998 book: * For historians of psychiatry who wrote 30 or 40 years ago—the last time anyone attempted an overview of the discipline—the story seemed relatively straightforward. First there were those wicked biological psychiatrists in … Continue reading

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

Edward Shorter writes in this 1993 book: This cultural pressure is the crux of the book. The unconscious mind desires to be taken seriously and not be ridiculed. It will therefore strive to present symptoms that always seem, to the … Continue reading

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