Mad in America by Robert Whitaker (2002, Hardcover) 
Mad in America by Robert Whitaker (2002, Hardcover)

 
Mad in America by Robert Whitaker (2002, Hardcover)

Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0738203858
ISBN-13: 9780738203850
Product ID: EPID1968394
Description: A social history of the treatment of the mentally ill in America, this survey reveals the various methods of treatment from the 17th century to today: spinning, chilling, lobotomizing, and electroshock therapy, to name a few. Whitaker's ...
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Synopsis
A social history of the treatment of the mentally ill in America, this survey reveals the various methods of treatment from the 17th century to today: spinning, chilling, lobotomizing, and electroshock therapy, to name a few. Whitaker's position is skeptical when he compares the treatment of the mentally ill in America to those affected in other countries.

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Publication Date:2002-01-01

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Length:334 pages
Height:9.0 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:21.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Drawn from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, a compelling social and medical history of mental illness in America documents more than three centuries of "cures" for madness, calling into question our responibilities to the mad, what it means to be "insane," and what we value most about the human mind.

Industry Reviews
"Whitaker, a science reporter for the Boston Globe, does a bang-up job of showing how treatment of the mad has reflected society's changing political views and philosophical values."
Kirkus Reviews (11/15/2001)

"[F]ascinating....Whitaker's is not only a controversial position but the equivalent of rank heresy."
Ruminator Review - Nicols Fox

"[This] is one of the most disingenuous and misleading books this reviewer has ever encountered."
Times Literary Supplement - T. M. Luhrmann (05/17/2002)

"Whitaker's book, though marred by a lack of focus and by an overeagerness to ascribe unattractive motives to well-meaning scientists, scores a few valuable points. It is most damning in the evidence it gathers of the collusion between pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers--an unholy relationship if ever there was one. The book is most sensible in its call for humility."
Atlantic Monthly - Daniel Smith (03/01/2002)

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