Mad Among Us - Paperback

Name: Mad Among Us - Paperback
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SKU: 9781451636338
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by Gerald N. Grob

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by Gerald N. Grob (Author)

In the first comprehensive one-volume history of the treatment of the mentally ill, the foremost historian in the field compellingly recounts our various attempts to solve this ever-present dilemma from colonial times to the present.

Gerald Grob charts the growth of mental hospitals in response to the escalating numbers of the severely and persistently mentally ill and the deterioration of these hospitals under the pressure of too many patients and too few resources. Mounting criticism of psychiatric techniques such as shock therapies, drugs, and lobotomies and of mental institutions as inhumane places led to a new emphasis on community care and treatment. While some patients benefited from the new community policies, they were ineffective for many mentally ill substance abusers. Grob's definitive history points the way to new solutions. It is at once an indispensable reference and a call for a humane and balanced policy in the future.

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In the first comprehensive one-volume history of the treatment of the mentally ill, the foremost historian in the field compellingly recounts out various attempts to solve this ever-present dilemma from colonial times to the present.

Author Biography

Geral N. Grob is Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine at Rutgers University.

Number of Pages: 400

Dimensions: 1.04 x 9 x 6 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: January 02, 2011

ISBN	9781451636338
Author	Gerald N. Grob
Publisher	Free Press
Genre	History, Education, and Self-help & personal development
Format	Paperback
Published	January 2011
Language	ENG- English
Pages	400
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print