{"product_id":"9780393069945","title":"Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors","description":"\u003cp\u003e“[A work of] wit, wisdom and richness. . . . A grand tour of derangement, from matricide to anorexia.” —John Leonard, \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This fascinating history of mind doctors and their patients probes the ways in which madness, badness, and sadness have been understood over the last two centuries. Lisa Appignanesi charts a story from the days when the mad were considered possessed to our own century when the official psychiatric manual lists some 350 mental disorders. Women play a key role here, both as patients—among them Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Marilyn Monroe—and as therapists. Controversially, Appignanesi argues that women have significantly changed the nature of mind-doctoring, but in the process they have also inadvertently highlighted new patterns of illness.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109439455472,"sku":"9780393069945","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393069945_p0.jpg?v=1763696386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393069945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}