Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000

by Martin Halliwell

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813576784
• ISBN13: 9780813576787
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher