Quite mad : an American pharma memoir
Montgomery, Sarah Fawn2018
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"Blends memoir with literary journalism to examine America's history of mental illness treatments to challenge contemporary narratives about mental health, questioning what it means to be a woman with highly stigmatized disorders and asking why mental illness continues to escalate in the United States despite so many 'cures'."
Main title:
Quite mad : an American pharma memoir / Sarah Fawn Montgomery.
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Imprint:
Columbus, Ohio : Mad Creek Books / The Ohio State University Press, 2018
Collation:
xviii, 295 pages ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295)
Contents:
The influence of intervention -- The sick role -- Nature or nurture -- An American diagnosis -- Patient history -- My voice for their drugs -- A female malady -- Learned behavior -- The world we've made for women -- Editing -- Molecular myths -- Bitter pills -- Rebuffed -- Delicates -- Unbearable weight -- Rapture in may -- Occam's razor -- Compulsion -- Moral treatment -- Taking up space -- Turning around -- Is satisfied enough?
ISBN:
9780814254868
Dewey class:
362.1968900973362.19689
Language:
English
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BRN:
364925
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 362.19689 MON | Available |