An eminent psychiatrist delves into the minds of Nazi leadershipin "a fresh look at the nature of wickedness, and at our attempts to explain it" (Sir Simon Wessely, Royal College of Psychiatrists).When the ashes had settled after World War II and the Allies convened an international war crimes trial in Nuremberg, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to fathom the psychology of the Nazi leaders, using extensive psychiatric inter...

Anatomía de la maldad es una investigación profunda y reveladora sobre la naturaleza del mal humano a partir de uno de los episodios más oscuros del siglo XX: los juicios de Núremberg. Durante aquellos procesos históricos, un grupo de psiquiatras y psicólogos tuvo acceso directo a los principales dirigentes del régimen nazi para determinar si eran mentalmente competentes para ser juzgados. De esas entrevistas surgió un material clínico excepcional que, durante décadas, permaneció disperso,...

人性本惡？或環境是讓人犯下惡行的最大原因？猶太大屠殺的主謀者，生來就是精神病態？又或者，他們的心理狀態跟你我並無不同？當代精神醫學大師 歐文．亞隆 好評推薦隨著二次世界大戰結束，同盟國於紐倫堡召開國際軍事法庭，將納粹戰犯的種種罪行公諸於世。審判期間，為了評估戰犯的心理狀態是否適合受審，精神病學家道格拉斯．凱利與心理學家古斯塔夫．吉爾伯特受命探索納粹首領的內心世界，了解他們為何下令殘殺六百萬名無辜的猶太民眾。除了透過密集的精神評估面談、智力測驗，兩人不約而同應用了當時屬尖端技術、可評估受測者精神狀態的羅夏克墨跡測驗。儘管如此，兩人卻做出了天差地別的結論，甚至在大審結束後，為了搶先出版羅夏克墨跡測驗結果鬧得沸沸揚揚，最後反而使得測驗結果埋沒了數十年。這些結果究竟揭露了哪些訊息？凱利認為，這些納粹分子不過是純粹有道德瑕疵的平凡人，殘暴的作為只是因應當時局勢而生，任何正常人在相同的情境下，都可能做出同樣的暴行。吉爾伯特卻認為，這些戰犯是非我族類，才會對猶太人懷有異常恨意，簡言之，他們是泯滅人...

A harrowing account of brainwashing's pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesThis gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control.

"Riveting. . . .shows how the art of dark persuasion a generation ago led . . .to today's misinformation, cyberbullying and cultlike behavior on the Internet." —Dina Temple-Raston, Washington PostThis gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically support...

Sometimes described as "the nemesis of the primary care physician," somatoform disorders are frustrating, expensive to treat, and under-investigated. Somatic Presentations of Mental Disorders provides a fascinating and practical review of the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this ill-defined category of disease. Somatic Presentations of Mental Disorders summarizes the proceedings of a unique international conference that convened experts from across disciplines to review perspecti...

The number of, and interest in, quality of life studies has grown dramatically in the last decade. On an ever increasing basis, patients, clinicians, researchers, and health policy regulators are considering quality of life in assessing treatment alternatives. Unfortunately, most discussions of quality of life are narrow in scope -- applying to only one disease group. This unique book represents the concerted effort of experts in academia, federal government health care regulators, and pha...