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Author Davis, Derek Russell

Title Scenes of madness : a psychiatrist at the theatre / Derek Russell Davis
Published New York : Routledge, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Lessons at the theatre -- 3. Models of madness -- 4. The stories plays tell -- 5. Reality and illusion -- 6. Family feuds -- 7. Breaking free from the past -- 8. Recoveries -- 9. Conclusions
Summary Unlike the ̀textbook' description of mental illness, discusses an earlier tradition that led psychiatrists to turn to Shakespeare's plays for such models as Ophelia and Lear, to help them understand the madness observed in their patients
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-198) and indexes
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Subject Mental illness -- Case studies
Mental illness in literature -- Case studies
Mental illness.
Psychiatry in Literature
Mental Disorders
Literature
mental disorders.
MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Mental illness in literature
Mental illness
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203435311
9780203435311