Bizarre Behaviours (Psychology Revivals)

Boundaries of Psychiatric Disorder

Herschel Prins (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

112 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-82920-5 (ISBN)

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The most deviant forms of human behaviour can be disturbing, incomprehensible, and sometimes very frightening. Herschel Prins believes that even the most deviant-seeming behaviours have their counterparts in ‘normality’ and can often be seen as an extension of this. In Bizarre Behaviours he sets some extreme forms of behaviour, such as vampirism and amok, in their socio-cultural and psychological contexts.

Originally published in 1990, this very accessible and readable book will interest not only all those who have to deal with bizarre behaviour in the course of their work, but also the general reader who is interested in the origins and the infinite variety of human behaviours.

Herschel Prins

Acknowledgements Foreword 1 Context and purpose 2 Some less familiar psychiatric conditions 3 Besieged by devils: possession and possession states 4 Some so-called culture-bound syndromes 5 Blood relations: unusual encounters with death and the dead 6 Concluding comments Additional reading Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.4.2013
Reihe/Serie	Psychology Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	294 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-415-82920-8 / 0415829208
ISBN-13	978-0-415-82920-5 / 9780415829205
Zustand	Neuware