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Many forms of madness : a family's struggle with mental illness and the mental health system /

"In telling the story of her son's thirty-year struggle with schizophrenia, Rosemary Ruether lays bare the inhumane treatment throughout history of people with mental illness. Despite countless reforms by "idealistic reformers" and an enlightened understanding that mental illness...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ruether, Rosemary Radford
Otros Autores: Ruether, David, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • David's life and hard and (sometimes) good times
  • Symptoms of what? Official symptoms and David's experiences
  • Causes of schizophrenia : mind, body, or both together?
  • Treating persons with mental illness : why such poor treatment?
  • Living arrangements : recovery or maintenance?
  • What would we do if we really cared?