Mad in America : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill
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New York : Basic Books, [2019].
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Third trade paperback edition.
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xx, 362 pages ; 21 cm.
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
RC 514 .W47 2019
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RC 514 .W47 2019
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Published
New York : Basic Books, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
Third trade paperback edition.
Language
English
UPC
15968263
Notes
General Note
Originally published in hardcover by Perseus Publishing in 2002.
General Note
"Updated with a new afterword"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Medical journalist Robert Whitaker... traces the treatment of mental illness through the use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s, to the electroshock therapy of the 1950s, to what is perhaps his most damning revelation: drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed research to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were moore effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects. A haunting, deeply compassionate book updated to address the latest medical treatments and trends, Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind."--Page 4 of cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitaker, R. W. (2019). Mad in America: bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill (Third trade paperback edition.). Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitaker, Robert W.. 2019. Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill. Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitaker, Robert W.. Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill Basic Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitaker, Robert W.. Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill Third trade paperback edition., Basic Books, 2019.
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