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The Quest for Mental Health: A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
Ian Dowbiggin
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Description for The Quest for Mental Health: A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
hardcover. This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. Series: Cambridge Essential Histories. Num Pages: 258 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, millions around the world have been tranquilized, institutionalized, psycho-analyzed, sterilized, lobotomized and even euthanized. Yet at the dawn of the new millennium, reported rates of depression and anxiety are unprecedentedly high. Drawing on years of field research, Ian Dowbiggin argues that if the quest for emotional well-being has reached a ... Read more
This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, millions around the world have been tranquilized, institutionalized, psycho-analyzed, sterilized, lobotomized and even euthanized. Yet at the dawn of the new millennium, reported rates of depression and anxiety are unprecedentedly high. Drawing on years of field research, Ian Dowbiggin argues that if the quest for emotional well-being has reached a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Essential Histories
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521868679
SKU
V9780521868679
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About Ian Dowbiggin
Ian Dowbiggin has taught history at the University of Rochester, the University of Dallas, the University of Toronto and the University of Prince Edward Island. The author of six books on the history of medicine, he has also published in the American Historical Review, the Journal of Contemporary History, the Journal of Policy History, the Canadian Historical Review, the Canadian ... Read more
Reviews for The Quest for Mental Health: A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
'… a useful introduction to the history of mental health for upper-level history students.' Amy Samson, The Canadian Bulletin of Medical History