No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America / Ron Powers.
By: Powers, Ron [author.].
Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, [2017]Description: xxi, 360 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316341172 (hardback).Subject(s): Schizophrenia -- history | Mental Health Services -- history | Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence | Mentally Ill Persons | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin--spirited, endearing, and gifted--who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| RC514 .O48 2022 Schizophrenia : an unfinished history / | RC514 .O755 2012 The origins of schizophrenia | RC514 .O93 2016 Our most troubling madness : case studies in schizophrenia across cultures / | RC514 .P6833 2017 No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America / | RC514 .R26 2016 Living with schizophrenia : a family guide to making a difference / | RC514 .S334578 2017 Schizophrenia and related disorders / | RC514 .S35 2016 Schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorders / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin--spirited, endearing, and gifted--who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood"--