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Author Whitaker, Robert.

Title Mad in America [electronic resource] : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill / Robert Whitaker.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2010, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xviii, 348 p.
Note Revised paperback.
Includes index.
Contents pt. 1. The original bedlam (1750-1900) -- pt. 2. The darkest era (1900-1950) -- pt. 3. Back to bedlam (1950-1990s) -- pt. 4. Mad medicine today (1990s-present).
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Schizophrenia -- Treatment -- United States -- History.
Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780465020140
9780786723799 (e-book)

 
    
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