*本书有英语样章

医学的历史充满了许多胜利，同时也有很多可怕及吓人的故事。这几个世纪以来，人类经历了不少医学突破，但在研究以及进步的过程中，也牺牲了不少。医生们被他们目睹的心理痛苦所感动，对病人们试者尝试激进的治疗方法，但结果各不相同。作者以特定的研究者为出发点，为读者提供了更广阔的思考，关于几个世纪以来精神病学的状况。书中包含技术术语和真实数据，但这一切都以读者易于理解的方式来解释。

在这本书中，心理学教授Willem van der Does探讨了精神病学历史中那些最重要的事件。在这本充满娱乐性的书中，他叙述了催眠术以及安慰剂效应如何被发现、脑白质切除术（一个激烈以及极端的手术）的发明家如何获得诺贝尔奖，以及数十年前人们其实就开始使用致幻剂了。透过研究历史上的发展以及失败，作者希望读者们能了解我们人类到底进化了多少，以及我们能从历史学到什么，如何应用在接下来的发展。

探索了十四位重要研究人员的故事和发现，每一位都是改变这个领域的新想法的先驱。这些想法中的大部分对精神科医生和其他医生仍然有用，尽管在形式上不断演变。

好评：

'A masterpiece' - New Scientist

'An extraordinarily vivid, interesting and beautiful book.' – Max Nieuwsweekend

‘In his conclusion, Van der Does warns against taking up new drastic treatment methods too 

quickly, devised by powerful, dominant protagonists, without reasonable evidence of their effect and safety. More so, he argues that the magic of healing in psychiatry and clinical psychology lies not so much in treatment to improve symptoms but mainly in helping the patient lead a meaningful and purposeful life. The author could not have composed a more beautiful final chord for his fascinating and sometimes shocking book.’ – Humanistisch Verbond

‘The Magic of Healing by the Leiden professor of clinical psychology Willem van der Does is full of horror stories. In the past, the most far-reaching ideas could fall into fertile ground if they suited the zeitgeist. Almost always they involved scholars with huge egos and unbridled ambition. The line between science and pseudoscience was occasionally wafer thin. Medical progress never takes place without errors, nuances Van der Does, but it would be better if psychiatry is not too radical.’ – Humo

目录：

Introduction: The best of times, the worst of times 

1 The animal magnetism: Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) 

2. Napoleon of the neuroses: Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

3. The born criminal: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)

4. The ink blot test: Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922)

5. The memory war: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

6. A reckless pioneer: Egas Moniz (1874-1955)

7. Dr. Shock: Ugo Cerletti (1878-1963)

8. The schizophrenic mother: Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889-1957)

9. The LSD guru: Timothy Leary (1920-1996)

10. Freedom as therapy: Franco Basaglia (1924-1980)

11. The pseudo-researcher: David Rosenhan (1929-2012)

12. The pigeonhole man: Robert Spitzer (1932-2015)

13. The eyebearer: Francine Shapiro (1948-2019)

14. Cosmetic psychopharmacology: Peter Kramer (1948)

关于作者：

Willem van der Does is professor and head of the department of Clinical Psychology at Leiden University. Furthermore, he is also director of the adult care department at the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre. He has written several popular science books, which have sold more than 150,000 copies in total. His books have been translated into English, German and Swedish.