Madness : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young.

"This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is applied to some types of people; and by whom the label and i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Young, Mary, 1949-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Mental illness > United States > History.
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History.
Mental illness > Treatment > United States > History.
Mental Disorders > history.
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history.
Mental Disorders > therapy.
United States.
Physical Description:viii, 294 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
American history of mental illness and its treatment. [Other title]
Format: Book

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