Download or read book A History of Clinical Psychiatry written by G. E. Berrios and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last 20 years have seen a growth in interest in the history of psychiatry. Emphasis has been given to social topics, moral treatment and psychiatry as a profession, but little work has been produced on the internal history of individual diseases and their medico-social context.