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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Psychological literature Languages : en Pages : 3199
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"This story is one of the most fascinating we have ever published. It treats of a subject which must and will interest the reader, and contains revelations of a most startling nature with regard to the injustice, cruelty and crime rampant in many insane asylums. The narrative is replete with incidents, doubly thrilling because true, and everyone who peruses a few numbers will be eager to secure the entire story. The following chapter headings show that our statements are in accordance with the facts: The secrets of the insane asylum -- Mabel, the woodland elf -- A shadow without soul, a body without life -- In adjoining cells -- Only a convict -- The abduction -- The last wish of a dying father -- The pale bridegroom -- A wild night -- A letter from the hereafter, etc."--No. 1, lower wrapper.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Psychological literature Languages : en Pages : 3199
Book Description
"This story is one of the most fascinating we have ever published. It treats of a subject which must and will interest the reader, and contains revelations of a most startling nature with regard to the injustice, cruelty and crime rampant in many insane asylums. The narrative is replete with incidents, doubly thrilling because true, and everyone who peruses a few numbers will be eager to secure the entire story. The following chapter headings show that our statements are in accordance with the facts: The secrets of the insane asylum -- Mabel, the woodland elf -- A shadow without soul, a body without life -- In adjoining cells -- Only a convict -- The abduction -- The last wish of a dying father -- The pale bridegroom -- A wild night -- A letter from the hereafter, etc."--No. 1, lower wrapper.
Author: Nikki Marie Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 9780821421598 Category : HISTORY Languages : en Pages : 0
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The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera
Author: Michelle Krabinz Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3746063531 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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"Driving Madness" tells the story of Ruth, a young woman who is forced into the world of insanity and seeks to find redemption for her crimes. George, a young driving instructor, is the only one who gives her a chance, while everybody else turns away from her. Together they fight for justice and try to help Ruth to forget the cruelties of her past.
Author: Trisha Leaver Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1440588953 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 224
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Who was Lizzie Borden? A confused young woman, or a coldhearted killer? For generations, people all over the world have wondered how Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, met their gruesome deaths. Lizzie, Andrew's younger daughter, was charged, but a jury took only 90 minutes to find her not guilty. In this retelling, the family maid, Bridget Sullivan, shines a compassionate light on a young woman oppressed by her cheap father and her ambitious stepmother. Was Lizzie mad, or was she driven to madness?
Author: H. C. Erik Midelfort Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804741699 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 460
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This magisterial work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on the insanity of the world in general but also on specific disorders; examines the thinking on madness of theologians, jurists, and physicians; and analyzes the vernacular ideas that propelled sufferers to seek help in pilgrimage or newly founded hospitals for the helplessly disordered. In the process, the author uses the history of madness as a lens to illuminate the history of the Renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the history of poverty and social welfare, and the history of princely courts, state building, and the civilizing process. Rather than try to fit historical experience into modern psychiatric categories, this book reconstructs the images and metaphors through which Renaissance Germans themselves understood and experienced mental illness and deviance, ranging from such bizarre conditions as St. Vituss dance and demonic possession to such medical crises as melancholy and mania. By examining the records of shrines and hospitals, where the mad went for relief, we hear the voices of the mad themselves. For many religious Germans, sin was a form of madness and the sinful world was thoroughly insane. This book compares the thought of Martin Luther and the medical-religious reformer Paracelsus, who both believed that madness was a basic category of human experience. For them and others, the sixteenth century was an age of increasing demonic presence; the demon-possessed seemed to be everywhere. For Renaissance physicians, however, the problem was finding the correct ancient Greek concepts to describe mental illness. In medical terms, the late sixteenth century was the age of melancholy. For jurists, the customary insanity defense did not clarify whether melancholy persons were responsible for their actions, and they frequently solicited the advice of physicians. Sixteenth-century Germany was also an age of folly, with fools filling a major role in German art and literature and present at every prince and princelings court. The author analyzes what Renaissance Germans meant by folly and examines the lives and social contexts of several court fools.
Author: Nicholas Kardaras Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 125027849X Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 0
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"From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids: Revolutionary research that reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates--and offers a way out. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of researchers sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on younger brains. In Glow Kids, he described what screen time does to children, calling it "digital heroin". Now, in Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras turns his attention to our teens and young adults. For them, the digital world is a bubble of content you're meant to "like" or "dislike." Two choices might be considered easy, but just how detrimental is this binary thinking to mental health? From body image to politics to personal relationships to decisions, the world doesn't exist in an "up or down," "black or white," "good or bad" dynamic, and social media shouldn't either. Digital Madness explores how technology promotes sedentary isolation, polarization, rewards extremes on both sides, and has spawned a mental health and suicide pandemic from which enormous corporations profit. Dr. Kardaras offers a path out of our crisis, using examples from classical philosophy that encourage resilience, critical thinking, concentration, and other beneficial habits of mind. Digital Madness is a crucial book for parents, educators, therapists, public health professionals, and policymakers who are searching for ways to restore our young people's mental and physical health"--
Author: T. L. Higley Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc ISBN: 140168680X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 402
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The untold story of King Nebuchadnezzar's daughter For seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world. Since her treaty marriage at a young age, Tia has lived an opulent yet oppressive life in the palace. But her husband has since died and she relishes her newfound independence. When a nobleman is found murdered in the palace, Tia must discover who is responsible for the macabre death, even if her own freedom is threatened. As the queen plans to wed Tia to yet another prince, the powerful mage Shadir plots to expose the family's secret and set his own man on the throne. Tia enlists the help of a reluctant Jewish captive, her late husband's brother Pedaiah, who challenges her notions of the gods even as he opens her heart to both truth and love. In a time when few gave their hearts to Yahweh, Tia must decide if she is willing to risk everything--her possessions, her gods, and her very life--for the Israelites' one God. Madness, sorcery, and sinister plots mingle like an alchemist's deadly potion as Tia chooses whether to risk all to save the kingdom--and her family. "The biblical story of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar's seven years as a madman, found in the Old Testament Book of Daniel, deepens and broadens thanks to veteran author Higley's historical research and vivid imagination . . . Readers will find much to enjoy here: fine writing, suspense, mystery, faith, love, and a new look at an old story." --Publishers Weekly "Higley gives readers a dose of biblical history set in King Nebuchadnezzar's palatial gardens and a character like no other in Tiamat, devoted daughter of a king gone mad. The author's insights into a woman's inner strength as she searches for the one true God will leave readers rejoicing."--Romantic Times TOP PICK "Her story will appeal not just to readers of historical fiction but also to those with an interest in biblical history." --Booklist
Author: Arlie Loughnan Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199698597 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 307
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Bringing together previously disparate discussions on criminal responsibility from law, psychology, and philosophy, this book provides a close study of mental incapacity defences, tracing their development through historical cases to the modern era.
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Author: Nikki Marie Taylor
Author: Michelle Krabinz
Author: Trisha Leaver
Author: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Author: Nicholas Kardaras
Author: Samuel Alexander Kenny Strahan
Author: Justine Larbalestier
Author: T. L. Higley
Author: Arlie Loughnan