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17 de mai. de 2022 · Desperate Remedies is an important contribution to our understanding of a fundamental and still-contested aspect of human experience.” ― Charles Rosenberg, author of The Care of Strangers “Andrew Scull weighs American psychiatry in the balance and finds it seriously wanting.
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Desperate Remedies (1871) was Thomas Hardy’s first published novel. He wrote it following the disappointment of having his first work The Poor Man and the Lady rejected for publication by Chapman and Hall. To court commercial success he cast his second work in a genre that was very popular at that time – the sensation novel.
Desperate Remedies brings together a galaxy of mind doctors working in and out of institutional settings: psychologists and psychoanalysts, neuroscientists, and cognitive behavioral therapists, social reformers and advocates of mental hygiene, as well as patients and their families desperate for relief.
Product filter button Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Hardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies (1871), a piece of sensation fiction that encompasses illegitimacy, murder, blackmail, impersonation, and bigamy, was originally published anonymously.
1 de dez. de 2023 · Scull retains his well-known skepticism, and accordingly, Desperate Remedies offers a fascinating but damning account of limited progress, harmful outcomes, and a profession that has not fulfilled its promises.
