Voices of Mental Health
Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000
Seiten
2017
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-7678-7 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-7678-7 (ISBN)
Halliwell examines the cultural history of modern American medicine and psychiatry focusing on the late twentieth century. He pays particular attention to the politics of the post-Watergate, bicentennial-era American nation and brings into conversation a diverse cast of writers, filmmakers, physicians, policy-makers, social critics, and public figures.
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.
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.
MARTIN HALLIWELL is a professor of American studies at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including Therapeutic Revolutions: Medicine, Psychiatry, and American Culture, 1945–1970 (Rutgers University Press).
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.10.2017 |
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Zusatzinfo | 19 photographs |
Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 739 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-7678-4 / 0813576784 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-7678-7 / 9780813576787 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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