Benign Stupors: A Study Of A New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type

A piercing look at a fledgling mind, Benign Stupors opens a window onto a volatile era when doctors first wrestled with what we now call mood disorders. This is not merely a case study; it is a careful, humanised map of a new manic depressive reaction as observed in early twentieth-century Europe. This historical psychological monograph offers more than clinical notes. Through Hoch's close observations, the book guides modern mental health professionals and clinical psychology readers throu...