Madness Is Civilization - When the Diagnosis Was Social, 1948-1980

Informationen zum Autor Michael E. Staub is professor of English at Baruch College! City University of New York! and the author of Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America. Klappentext Explores the general consensus that societal ills were at the root of mental illness. This book chronicles the surge in influence of socially attuned psychodynamic theories along with the rise of radical therapy and psychiatric survivors' movements. Zusammenfassung Explores the general consensus that societal ills were at the root of mental illness. This book chronicles the surge in influence of socially attuned psychodynamic theories along with the rise of radical therapy and psychiatric survivors' movements.

Product details

• Authors: Michael E. Staub, Staub Michael E.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2014
• EAN: 9780226214634
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21463-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, MEDICAL / Mental Health, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Mental health services, Care of the mentally ill, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, Care of people with mental health issues, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1945 To C 1960