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Author De Young, Mary, 1949-

Title Madness : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages)
Contents What is madness? -- The experience of madness -- Distracted in the colonies -- Asylums -- Asylum patients -- Asylum therapeutics
Summary "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 its consequences are applied"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mental illness -- United States -- History
Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- History
Mental illness -- Treatment -- United States -- History
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
Mental illness
Mental illness -- Treatment
Psychiatric hospitals
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780786457465
0786457465
1282749439
9781282749436
Other Titles American history of mental illness and its treatment