Health debates at the bicentennial -- Wounds and memories of war -- Addiction and the war on drugs -- Dementia and the language of aging -- Developmental disabilities beyond the empty fortress -- Body image, anorexia, and the mass media -- Disorders of mood and identity -- Mental health at the millennium -- Conclusion : new voices, new communities.
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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.
JSTOR
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Voices of mental health.
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Mental health policy-- History.
Mental health policy.
Mental illness-- History.
Mental illness-- Treatment.
Health Policy-- history.
History, 20th Century.
Mental Disorders-- history.
Mental Disorders-- therapy.
Mental Health Services-- economics.
Motion Pictures as Topic
Motion Pictures.
Psychiatry in Literature.
Mental health policy.
Mental illness-- Treatment.
Mental illness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.