Manic Minds: Mania's Mad History and Its Neuro-Future

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 Manic Minds Mania’s Mad History and Its Neuro-Future Manic Minds rutgers university press new brunswick, new jersey, and london lisa m. hermsen  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hermsen, Lisa M., 1968– Manic minds : mania’s mad history and its neuro-future / Lisa M. Hermsen. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8135-5157-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8135-5158-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Manic-depressive illness—History. 2. Neuropsychiatry— History. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Bipolar Disorder—history. 2. Bipolar Disorder—etiology. 3. Bipolar Disorder—therapy. 4. Neuropsychiatry—methods. 5. Psychiatry—history. WM 207] RC516.H47 2011 616.89⬘5—dc22 2011010852 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa M. Hermsen All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For my family, for sharing their very real special powers ...