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050 00 $aRC514$b.W44 2002
060 00 $a2002 B-815
100 1 $aWhitaker, Robert.
245 10 $aMad in America :$bbad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill /$cRobert Whitaker.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bPerseus Pub.,$cc2002.
300 $axviii, 334 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index.
505 00 $gpt. 1.$tThe original Bedlam (1750-1900).$g1.$tBedlam in medicine --$g2.$tThe healing hand of kindness --$gpt. 2.$tThe darkest era (1900-1950).$g3.$tUnfit to breed --$g4.$tToo much intelligence --$g5.$tBrain damage as miracle therapy --$gpt. 3.$tBack to Bedlam (1950-1990s).$g6.$tModern-day alchemy --$g7.$tThe patients' reality --$g8.$tThe story we told ourselves --$g9.$tShame of a nation --$g10.$tThe Nuremberg Code doesn't apply here --$gpt. 4.$tMad medicine today (1990s-present).$g11.$tNot so atypical.
520 $aBased 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.
651 2 $aUnited States.
650 22 $aMental Disorders$xhistory.
650 12 $aMental Health Services$xhistory.
650 22 $aHistory, Modern 1601-
650 0 $aSchizophrenia$xTreatment$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMentally ill$xCare$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 12 $aMental Health Services$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 22 $aHistory, Modern 1601-$zUnited States.
650 22 $aMental Disorders$zUnited States$xHistory.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
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