Mad in America : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill / Robert Whitaker.
By: Whitaker, Robert.
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2010Edition: Rev. pbk.Description: xviii, 348 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780465020140.Subject(s): Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History | Schizophrenia -- Treatment -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-336) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Preface xiii -- Acknowledgments xvii -- Part One: The Original Bedlam (1750-1900) -- 1 Bedlam in Medicine 3 -- 2 The Healing Hand of Kindness 19 -- Part Two: The Darkest Era (1900-1950) -- 3 Unfit to Breed 41 -- 4 Too Much Intelligence 73 -- 5 Brain Damage as Miracle Therapy 107 -- Part Three: Back to Bedlam (1950-1990s) -- 6 Modem-Day Alchemy 141 -- 7 The Patients' Reality 161 -- 8 The Story We Told Ourselves 195 -- 9 Shame of a Nation 211 -- 10 The Nuremberg Code Doesn't Apply Here 233 -- Part Four: Mad Medicine Today (1990s-Present) -- 11 Not So Atypical 253 -- Epilogue 287 -- Notes 293 -- Index 323.