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No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America
- Title
- No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America / Ron Powers.
- Author
- Powers, Ron
- Publication
- New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-4944 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 360 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin--spirited, endearing, and gifted--who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Mental Health Services > history
- Mental illness > United States > History
- Mental health services > United States
- Schizophrenia > Case studies
- Personal Narratives
- Mental illness > Treatment > United States > History
- Mentally Ill Persons
- Mental Health Services > legislation & jurisprudence
- Mentally ill > Care > United States > History
- Schizophrenia > history
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-348) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-4944
- ISBN
- 9780316341172
- 0316341177
- LCCN
- 2016046019
- OCLC
- 2016046019
- Author
- Powers, Ron, author.
- Title
- No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America / Ron Powers.
- Publisher
- New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-348) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-4944