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100 1  $a Whitaker, Robert.
245 10 $a Mad in America : $b bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill / $c Robert Whitaker.
260    $a Cambridge, MA : $b Perseus Pub., $c 2003, c2002.
300    $a xviii, 334 p. ; $c 21 cm.
505 00 $g 11. $t Not so atypical. $g 1. $t Bedlam in medicine -- $g 2. $t The healing hand of kindness -- $g pt. 2. $t The darkest era (1900-1950). $g 3. $t Unfit to breed -- $g 4. $t Too much intelligence -- $g 5. $t Brain damage as miracle therapy -- $g pt. 3. $t Back to Bedlam (1950-1990s). $g 6. $t Modern-day alchemy -- $g 7. $t The patients' reality -- $g 8. $t The story we told ourselves -- $g 9. $t Shame of a nation -- $g 10. $t The Nuremberg Code doesn't apply here -- $g pt. 4. $t Mad medicine today (1990s-present). $g 11. $t Not so atypical.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index.
520    $a Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, this haunting book raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane." and what we value most about the human mind.
650  0 $a Schizophrenia $x History. $z United States $x History.
650  0 $a Mentally ill $x History. $z United States $x History.
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