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Voices of Mental Health : Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 /

Halliwell examines the cultural history of modern American medicine and psychiatry focusing on the late twentieth century. He pays particular attention to the politics of the post-Watergate, bicentennial-era American nation and brings into conversation a diverse cast of writers, filmmakers, physicia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Halliwell, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Health debates at the bicentennial
  • Wounds and memories of war
  • Addiction and the war on drugs
  • Dementia and the language of aging
  • Developmental disabilities beyond the empty fortress
  • Body image, anorexia, and the mass media
  • Disorders of mood and identity
  • Mental health at the millennium
  • Conclusion : new voices, new communities.