Snake pits, talking cures & magic bullets : a history of mental illness /
Looks at how the mentally ill have been treated throughout history, focusing on advances made in the 19th and 20th centuries regarding mental hospitals, medications, and social acceptance.
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Brookfield, Conn. :
Twenty-First Century Books,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- One out of four
- Demons of the ancients
- Saints and witches
- Out of mind, out of sight
- The promise of the asylum
- From trance to transference
- Behind the walls
- The chemical revolution
- Unbolting the gates
- Where do we go from here?