Bibliograph

The mad among us, a history of the care of America's mentally ill, Gerald N. Grob

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The mad among us, a history of the care of America's mentally ill, Gerald N. Grob

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-368) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mad among us

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

29255799

Responsibility statement

Gerald N. Grob

Sub title

a history of the care of America's mentally ill

Summary

Americans want to be humane toward the mentally ill, yet we have always been divided about what is best for them and for society. Now, the foremost historian of the care of the mentally ill compellingly recounts our various attempts to solve this ever-present dilemma

Table Of Contents

Caring for the insane in Colonial America -- Inventing the asylum -- The emergence of American psychiatry -- Realities of asylum life -- The problem of chronic mental illnesses, 1860-1940 -- A new psychiatry -- Depression, war, and the crisis of care -- World War II and the new models of mental illnesses -- The foundations of change in postwar America -- The new frontier and the promise of community mental health -- Confronting the mad among us in contemporary America

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