Voices of Mental Health : Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 / Martin Halliwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halliwell, Martin, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--History.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Treatment.

Mental health policy.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Part One. The Health Legacy of the 1970s

1. Health Debates at the Bicentennial

2. Wounds and Memories of War

3. Addiction and the War on Drugs

4. Dementia and the Language of Aging

Part Two. Health Voices of the 1980s and 1990s

5. Developmental Disabilities beyond the Empty Fortress

6. Body Image, Anorexia, and the Mass Media

7. Disorders of Mood and Identity

8. Mental Health at the Millennium

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780813576794

0813576792

9780813576800

0813576806

OCLC:

1003131199