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Psychosomatic Illness Has No Apparent Physiological Cause. By Definition, It Originates In The Mind. But Now, In This Fascinating Work, The Foremost Authority On The History Of Psychosomatic Illness Shows That The Forms It Takes Are In Fact A Product Of Something Much Larger. Symptoms Are Produced Not Just By An Individual's Psychology, But Also By One's Genetic History And Even By The Time And Culture In Which We Live. When We Fall Ill With Psychosomatic Pain, Our Symptoms Most Often - And Quite Unconsciously - Reflect Our Particular Ethnic Group, Age, Class, Or Gender. In This Landmark Work, Edward Shorter Continues His Important Inquiry Into The Nature Of Psychosomatic Illness. Drawing On A Vast Array Of Engrossing, Colorful, And Often Humorous Historical Case Studies, He Explores The Newly Discovered Relationship Between Social Identity And The Varieties Of Psychosomatic Disorders. Tracing The Interplay Of Cultural And Biological Factors In Psychosomatic Distress, Shorter Shows That While Some Individuals Are Genetically More Predisposed Than Others To Develop Chronic Illness, Their Particular Historical Era And Circumstances Will Influence The Likely Nature Of Their Maladies.

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Author

Edward Shorter

Publisher

New York: Free Press ; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780029286661

Category

psychology

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, History

Rating

2.33 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13