Marie L. Thompson is a writer and editor specializing in medical topics for reference works and medical journals.

This contribution by Thompson, a medical writer, is a useful history and summary of the broad, controversial arena of mental illness….[t]his book outlines historical perspectives on mental illness, including an appended time line from prehistory through 2006….First-year undergraduates, laypeople, and health care workers with little background knowledge of mental illness would benefit most from this overview. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.

Marie L. Thompson is a writer and editor specializing in medical topics for reference works and medical journals.

This contribution by Thompson, a medical writer, is a useful history and summary of the broad, controversial arena of mental illness….[t]his book outlines historical perspectives on mental illness, including an appended time line from prehistory through 2006….First-year undergraduates, laypeople, and health care workers with little background knowledge of mental illness would benefit most from this overview. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.

Marie L. Thompson is a writer and editor specializing in medical topics for reference works and medical journals.

This contribution by Thompson, a medical writer, is a useful history and summary of the broad, controversial arena of mental illness….[t]his book outlines historical perspectives on mental illness, including an appended time line from prehistory through 2006….First-year undergraduates, laypeople, and health care workers with little background knowledge of mental illness would benefit most from this overview. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.