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De la folie considérée sous le point de vue pathologique, philosophique, historique et judiciaire De la folie considérée sous le point de vue pathologique, philosophique, historique et judiciaire Louis Florentin Calmeil On the subject of lunacy, considered from the pathological, philosophical, historical and judiciary aspects: from the renaissance of the sciences in Europe to the 19th century; description of the gre… OL154944W
Delirium Delirium Laura Restrepo From the Publisher: In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Rest… OL15865951W
Delirium Delirium Laura Restrepo "Aguilar, an unemployed literature professor who has resorted to selling dog food for a living, returns home from a short trip to discover that his wife, Agustina, has gone mad. He doesn't know what … OL15924907W
Alone with the devil Alone with the devil Ronald Markman Profiles the author's career as a forensic psychiatrist, recounting the many frightening criminals he has faced, including the Hillside Strangler, Juan Corona, and members of the Manson family OL16077372W
Clinical psychiatry Clinical psychiatry Emil Kraepelin xvi, 562 p., [12] leaves of plates : 22 cm OL2534653W
The insanity plea The insanity plea William J. Winslade The material presented on the seven cases in this book is, for the most part, based upon court transcripts and judicial decisions. We have limited interviews of participants in order to place the rea… OL2707757W
The Spring of the Tiger The Spring of the Tiger Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert When Sarah Ashington's actress mother dies after a devastating scandal, Sarah is left at her long-lost father's rambling, ancestral estate to face the disturbing questions of her own past. Then her f… OL3931415W
Death of a "Jewish American princess" Death of a "Jewish American princess" Shirley Frondorf In 1982, a sensational murder trial in Phoenix, Arizona, reverberated throughout the legal community. Restaurateur Steven Steinberg, who killed his wife by stabbing her 26 times, was acquitted; his l… OL4987137W
A treatise on insanity A treatise on insanity Philippe Pinel Fascim. reprint of a translation of the 1801 ed., London : Cadell and Davies, 1806. OL5227229W
A Mind That Found Itself A Mind That Found Itself Clifford Whittingham Beers,Clifford Whittingham Beers This book tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his… OL6322288W