Voices of mental health : medicine, politics, and American culture, 1970-2000 /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Halliwell, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Mental illness > History.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Mental health policy.
Mental health policy > History.
Motion pictures.
Cinematography.
Mental Disorders > history
Health Policy > history
History, 20th Century
Mental Disorders > therapy
Mental Health Services > economics
Motion Pictures
Psychiatry in Literature
Maladies mentales > Histoire.
Maladies mentales > Traitement.
Santé mentale > Politique gouvernementale.
Santé mentale > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma.
cinematography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
Motion pictures
Cinematography
Mental health policy
Mental illness
Mental illness > Treatment
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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