Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder
- ISBN-10
- 0801899966
- ISBN-13
- 9780801899966
- Series
- Mania
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-06-23
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- David Healy
Description
Drawing heavily on primary sources and supplemented with interviews and insight gained over Healy's long career, this lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind's most vexing ailments.
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- 2013-03
- 480 pages
- Ebook
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- 2013
- 464 pages
- Paperback
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