Jackie Orr

Panic Diaries

A Genealogy of Panic Disorder

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A cultural history and sociological critique of 20th century panic, from the Cold War to contemporary psychiatry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780822336105
• ISBN-10: 0822336103
• Artikelnr.: 22151067

Autorenporträt

Jackie Orr is Associate Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
1. History, Memory, Story: Openings 3
2. The Martian in the Machine: Panic Theory and Theaters of War 33
3. “Keep Calm!” for the Cold War: Diary of a Mental Patient 79
4. Performing Methods: Cybernetics, Psychopharmacology, and Postwar
Psychiatry 165
5. Panic Xanax: A Patient Diary 211
Epilogue 275
Notes 281
Bibliography 323
Index 347