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" Mad in America : "
Robert Whitaker
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BL
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704173
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b526362
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| Main Entry
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Whitaker, Robert
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| Title & Author
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Mad in America : : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill /\ Robert Whitaker
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, MA :: Perseus Pub.,, [2002]
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, ©2002
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xviii, 334 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0738203858
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: 0738207993
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: 9780738203850
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: 9780738207995
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-322) and index
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| Abstract
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Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, this haunting book raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane." and what we value most about the human mind
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Mentally ill-- Care-- United States-- History
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Schizophrenia-- Treatment-- United States-- History
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Mental Health Services-- United States-- history
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History, Modern 1601-United States
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Mental Disorders-- United States-- history
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| Dewey Classification
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362.20973
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| LC Classification
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RC514.W44 2002
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2002 B-815
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WM 11 AA1W578m 2002
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