Book Review: Danny Morrison looks at a history of psychiatry

"The term ‘madness’ itself is now contentious and pejorative but apposite in the context of this book dealing with history, myth, experiment and modern practice. It is shameful what society has inflicted on the afflicted."

Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) in his office in Vienna, circa 1937. Photo taken by Princess Eugenie of Greece, daughter of Marie Bonaparte. (Photo by Bourgeron Collection/RDA/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• In Search of Madness – A Psychiatrist’s Travels Through the History of Mental Illness 
• Brendan Kelly
• Gill Books, €19.99 p/b