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Volume 352:1276 March 24, 2005 Number 12
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Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium

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By Theodore Millon. 641 pp., illustrated. Hoboken, N.J., John Wiley & Sons, 2004. $34.95. ISBN 0-471-46985-8.

This book is a comprehensive survey of theories about the workings of our minds. Theodore Millon, a well-respected psychologist and prolific writer, has divided his enterprise into seven kinds of "stories": philosophical, humanitarian, neuroscientific, psychoanalytic, psychoscientific, sociocultural, and "personologic." He covers the history of each subject area, often beginning with ancient Greece or Egypt, and writes with an encyclopedic knowledge of all subsequent time periods. These histories are followed by his commentary and reflections.

A striking feature of the book, as suggested by the title, is the inclusion of capsule biographies of the many people who have contributed to this . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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