Troubled in the Land of Enchantment: Adolescent Experience of Psychiatric Treatment

by Thomas J. Csordas and Janis H. Jenkins

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking study based on five years of in-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary research, Troubled in the Land of Enchantment explores the well-being of adolescents hospitalized for psychiatric care in New Mexico. Anthropologists Janis H. Jenkins and Thomas J. Csordas present a gripping picture of psychic distress, familial turmoil, and treatment under the regime of managed care that dominates the mental health care system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520343522
• ISBN13: 9780520343528
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"