Communication the social matrix of psychiatry

The integration of psychiatry into the mainstream of American society following World War II involved rethinking and revision of psychiatric theories. While in the past, theories of personality had been concerned with the single individual, this pioneering volume argues that such theories are of lit...

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Main Author: Ruesch, Jurgen 1909-
Other Authors: Bateson, Gregory
Format: Book
Published: New York, NY Norton 1968
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