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A riveting social and medical history of madness in America, from the seventeenth century to today. In "Mad in America," medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries,... read more
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A VISITOR TO THE "mad" wards of Pennsylvania Hospital at the turn of the nineteenth century would have found the halls astir with an air of reform.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Whitaker (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: RC514 .W44 2010
- Dewey: 362.26
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