Edward Shorter
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Edward Shorter is a historian of psychiatry known for his influential works on the social and cultural history of mental illness and psychiatric treatment.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Shorter canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historian
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historian of psychiatry ⓘ medical historian ⓘ |
| citizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | University of Toronto ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of medicine
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history of mental illness ⓘ history of psychiatric treatment ⓘ history of psychiatry ⓘ social history of medicine ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
history
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psychiatry (historical studies) ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author
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lecturer ⓘ public intellectual on psychiatric issues ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
A History of Psychiatry
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Before Prozac ⓘ From Paralysis to Fatigue ⓘ How Everyone Became Depressed ⓘ The Parting of the Ways ⓘ
surface form:
Parting of the Ways
Shock Therapy ⓘ The Health Century ⓘ |
| influenced | historiography of psychiatry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | social history of medicine tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical analysis of psychiatry
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history of psychiatric treatment ⓘ social and cultural history of mental illness ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of Psychiatry
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From Paralysis to Fatigue ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine
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Professor of the History of Medicine ⓘ |
| publicationTopic |
depression
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mental illness ⓘ psychiatric institutions ⓘ psychopharmacological treatments ⓘ somatic therapies in psychiatry ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cultural perceptions of mental illness
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development of psychiatric diagnoses ⓘ doctor–patient relationship in psychiatry ⓘ electroconvulsive therapy ⓘ history of psychopharmacology ⓘ |
| workLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
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