Andrew Scull, “Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity” (Princeton UP, 2015)
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The wish to understand mental suffering is universal and requires an appreciation for its history. Since Biblical times, humans have understood madness, or other deviations from normal mental functioning, in diverse and unique ways. These have included belief in divine origins, biological causation, and environmental influences. And treatments for mental...