Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity

Author: Ivan Leudar
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0415147875
Category: Medical

Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity: Studies of Verbal Hallucinations

Records of people experiencing verbal hallucinations or 'hearing voices' can be found throughout history. Download Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity medical books for free.
Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity examines almost 2,800 years of these reports including Socrates, Schreber and Pierre Janet's "Marcelle", to provide a clear understanding of the experience and how it may have changed over the millenia. Through six cases of historical and contemporary voice hearers, Leudar and Thomas demonstrate how the experience has metamorphosed from being a sign of virtue to a sign of insanity, signalling such illnesses as schizophrenia or dissociation.

They argue that the experience is interpreted by the voice hearer according to social categories conveyed through language, and is therefore best studied Get Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity our bestseller medical books.

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Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity examines almost 2,800 years of these reports including Socrates, Schreber and Pierre Janet's "Marcelle", to provide a clear understanding of the experience and how it may have changed over the millenia

They argue that the experience is interpreted by the voice hearer according to social categories conveyed through language, and is therefore best studied

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