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- Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Part One: The Health Legacy of the 1970s
- 2. Wounds and Memories of War
- pp. 46-71
- 3. Addiction and the War on Drugs
- pp. 72-96
- 4. Dementia and the Language of Aging
- pp. 97-122
- Part Two: Health Voices of the 1980s and 1990s
- 6. Body Image, Anorexia, and the Mass Media
- pp. 151-175
- 7. Disorders of Mood and Identity
- pp. 176-200
- 8. Mental Health at the Millennium
- pp. 201-226
- Conclusion: New Voices, New Communities
- pp. 227-234
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 235-236
- About the Author
- pp. 321-322
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813576800
Related ISBN(s)
9780813576787, 9780813576794, 9780813595757
MARC Record
OCLC
1003131199
Pages
338
Launched on MUSE
2017-10-19
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017