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Empire of madness : reimagining western mental health care for everyone / Khameer Kidia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kidia, Khameer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Sociological aspects.
- Mental illness.
- Mental illness--Social aspects.
- Mental illness--Treatment.
- Mentally ill--Care.
- Mentally ill.
- Mental health.
- Mental illness--Diagnosis--Social aspects.
- Psychiatry--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Psychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 355 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Reimagining western mental health care for everyone
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2026]
- Contents:
- Part I: History (Hx). Nervous breakdowns
- Nervous conditions
- Bees bomb
- Saviors and saps
- $4 million cappuccinos
- The myth of the chemical imbalance.
- Part II: Diagnosis (Dx). Little blue pills
- "Brain disease"
- Mongo
- Thinking too much
- Death by debt
- Treasure nest
- Hell on earth
- Dopamine
- Gatekeeping
- Pearls and protest psychosis
- Haldol sardines
- Band-aids
- We are all being traumatized!
- Part III: Prescription (Rx). Patient-doctor
- Cognitive liberty
- Friendship bench
- The magic of grandmothers
- Nervous reparations
- I am because we are
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix I: Words matter
- Appendix II: Methods and position.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780593594292 (electronic bk.)
- 0593594290 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90103958513
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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