A cursing brain? : the histories of Tourette syndrome / Howard I. Kushner.
A cursing brain? : the histories of Tourette syndrome / Howard I. Kushner.
A cursing brain? : the histories of Tourette syndrome / Howard I. Kushner.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N616.83/18
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English
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Physical content
xii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. An Elusive Syndrome -- 2. The Case of the Cursing Marquise -- 3. A Disputed Illness -- 4. The Case of "O." and the Emergence of Psychoanalysis -- 5. Competing Claims -- 6. The Disappearance of Tic Illness -- 7. Margaret Mahler and the Tic Syndrome -- 8. Haloperidol and the Persistence of the Psyc...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
A Cursing Brain? pursues the problematic classification of Tourette syndrome through three distinct but overlapping stories: that of the claims of medical knowledge, that of patients' experiences, and that of cultural expectations and assumptions. Earlier researchers asserted that the bizarre ticcing and impromptu vocalizations were psychological -...
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A cursing brain? : the histories of Tourette syndrome / Howard I. Kushner.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-290) and index.
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N616.83/18
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74VvqvV4lGKb
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0674180224 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674180222 (cloth : alk. paper)
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616.83
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991006157229702626
