Book ID: CBB591715382

Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 (2017)

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Halliwell, Martin (Author)


Rutgers University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 338
Language: English

This dynamic and richly layered account of mental health in the late twentieth century interweaves three important stories: the rising political prominence of mental health in the United States since 1970; the shifting medical diagnostics of mental health at a time when health activists, advocacy groups, and public figures were all speaking out about the needs and rights of patients; and the concept of voice in literature, film, memoir, journalism, and medical case study that connects the health experiences of individuals to shared stories. Together, these three dimensions bring into conversation a diverse cast of late-century writers, filmmakers, actors, physicians, politicians, policy-makers, and social critics. In doing so, Martin Halliwell’s Voices of Mental Health breaks new ground in deepening our understanding of the place, politics, and trajectory of mental health from the moon landing to the millennium.

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Authors & Contributors
Martin, Emily
Durns, Tyler
Lin, Zhuyun
Kritsotaki, Despo
Baum, Emily Lauren
Wang, Wenji
Concepts
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatry
Medicine and culture
Medicine and politics
Institutionalization
Psychiatric hospitals
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
China
Great Britain
Western states (U.S.)
Georgia (U.S.)
Argentina
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