Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease) PDF
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MANIA JohNs hopkINs BIogrAphIes of DIseA se Charles e. rosenberg, series editor Randall M. Packard, The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria Steven J. Peitzman, Dropsy, Dialysis,Transplant: A Short History of Kidney Disease David Healy, Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder MANIA a a a A Short History of Bipolar Disorder David Healy The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2008 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2008 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu The excerpt from “Route” by George Oppen which appears on page v is from Collected Poems, copyright © 1968 by George Oppen. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Healy, David, FRC Psych. Mania : a short history of bipolar disorder / David Healy. p. ; cm. — (Johns Hopkins biographies of disease) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8018-8822-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8018-8822-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Manic-depressive illness—History. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Bipolar Disorder—history. 2. History, 19th Century. 3. History, 20th Century. WM 11.1 H434m 2008] RC516.H43 2008 616.89′5—dc22 2007036100 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or [email protected]. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. All of our book papers are acid-free, and our jackets and covers are printed on paper with recycled content. For Sarah, Justin, Helen, and Rita Not as short as Crusoe we say was rescued but with myths and Greeks This page intentionally left blank Tell the beads of the chromosomes like a rosary, Love in the genes, if it fails We will produce no sane man again I have seen too many young people become adults, young friends become old people, all that is not ours, The sources And the crude bone -we say Took place . . . I think we try rather to understand We try to stay together From “Route,” by George Oppen This page intentionally left blank CoNteNts Foreword, by Charles E. Rosenberg xi Preface: Stories about Mania xv Acknowledgments xxiii Chapter 1. Frenzy and Stupor 1 Chapter 2. Circling the Brain 24 Chapter 3. Circular Madness 52 Chapter 4. The Stone of Madness 89 Chapter 5. The Eclipse of Manic-Depressive Disorder 135 Chapter 6. Branded in the USA 161 Chapter 7. The Latest Mania 198 Chapter 8. The Engineers of Human Souls 219 Coda: The Once and Future Laboratory 245 Notes 253 Index 289
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