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Virginia Woolf and Neuropsychiatry
ISBN-13:
9789400757486
Veröffentl:
2013
Seiten:
214
Autor:
Maxwell Bennett
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book, written by one of the leaders in the field of the neurosciences, provides an explanation of the symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one of literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The sources used are letters and statements from Woolf herself, the literature she wrote and comments, letters and any other documentation that refers to her mental state and her medical status. The author uses current insights into depression, the mental consequences of child abuse and drug interactions/effects to examine her life.
1. Sexual Abuse, Literary Genius and a Mind gone Awry. - 2. The Development of Early 20th century Psychiatry and its Failure. - 3. Freud, the Subconscious and Virginia Woolf. - 4. Virginia Woolf's Suicide. - 5. Brain Networks, Hormones and Genes implicated in Depression. - 6. The Pathology of Synapses in Brain Networks implicated in Depression. - 7. On the Mechanism of Action of an Anti-Depressant. - 8. On the Identification of Drugs Modulating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Depression. - 9. Brain Networks in Psychosis. - 10. The Mind, Mental Illness and the Stream of Consciousness.
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