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Subject(s)

• Mental illness—History [Browse]
• Mental illness—Treatment [Browse]
• Mental health policy [Browse]
• Mental health policy—History [Browse]
• Cinematography [Browse]
• Motion pictures [Browse]

Summary note

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 Halliwells 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. --Publisher description.

Bibliographic references

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

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.

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ISBN

• 9780813576787 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0813576784 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016053289

OCLC

964437990

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