Overton, Simon

Charcot's Bad Idea

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ISBN 13:
9781409265429
author:
Overton, Simon
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Lulu com
language:
English
Publication Year:
2009
Pages:
182
Dimensions:
21 x 14.8 x 1 centimetres (0.22
Genre:
Science, General, ,
Condition:
New
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£15.31

Description

Charcot's Bad Idea explores how 19th-century neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot's ideas influenced modern neuropsychiatry. A group of physicians revived the diagnosis of hysteria and conversion disorder, rebranding it as "functional weakness" and "functional neurological deficit". This approach aimed to develop more constructive ways of communicating with patients.

However, Simon Overton argues that this approach has fundamentally failed. He critiques certain sectors of the medical profession, highlighting the need for doctors to listen to their patients. A thought-provoking examination of the limitations of modern neuropsychiatry.

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