First-Person Knowledge and the Meanings of Madness: An Interview with Gail Hornstein

Mad in America: science, psychiatry and social justice by Mad in America

Sep 2, 202601:08:00Science & Medicine

G ail Hornstein is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College. Across a long and influential career, her work has moved between psychology, psychoanalysis, history, qualitative research, and the study of fi...

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