No One Cares about Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

by Ron Powers

Book Overview

New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia.

From the centuries of torture of lunatiks at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316341177
• ISBN13: 9780316341172
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"