Publisher's Synopsis
The Bedside Book of Psychology begins with ancient philosophies of psychotherapeutic wellbeing such as shamanism and astropsychology and highlights the most influential theories, experiments, discoveries, publications and personalities in this fascinating field of study, including psychopathy, phrenology, attempts to classify sexual taboos, the nature of evil and positive psychology. This is an abridged version of the original 'Milestones' title, reformatted into a more readable and portable size.