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Author:

Whitaker, Robert.

Title:

Mad in America : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill / Robert Whitaker.

Publisher:

Perseus Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2003, c2002

Description:

xviii, 334 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Schizophrenia--History.--United States--History.
Mentally ill--History.--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index.

Contents:

11. Not so atypical. 1. Bedlam in medicine -- 2. The healing hand of kindness -- pt. 2. The darkest era (1900-1950). 3. Unfit to breed -- 4. Too much intelligence -- 5. Brain damage as miracle therapy -- pt. 3. Back to Bedlam (1950-1990s). 6. Modern-day alchemy -- 7. The patients' reality -- 8. The story we told ourselves -- 9. Shame of a nation -- 10. The Nuremberg Code doesn't apply here -- pt. 4. Mad medicine today (1990s-present). 11. Not so atypical.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780738207995
0738207993

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54095945

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)