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

  • Halliwell, Martin
Date:
[2017]
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

Physical description

xiii, 320 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-310) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PP.6.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780813576787
  • 0813576784