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Schizophrenia: An Unfinished History 2022
Schizophrenia: An Unfinished History is a 2022 non-fiction work written by Orna Ophir, a practicing psychoanalyst and psychiatrist historian. The book follows the evolution of schizophrenia's understanding, diagnosis, and personal experiences over time. It examines competing theories about whether schizophrenia represents a fixed biological condition or a range of related disorders along a behavioral spectrum. Ophir contends that schizophrenia will ultimately cease to be used as a diagnostic category. Reviews of the book were favorable.
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- Cover artist
- Steve Leard
Details
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- ISBN
- 9781509536474
- Pages
- 224
- Series
- History of Health and Illness
