Madness : an American history of mental illness and its treatment / Mary de Young.

Author: De Young, Mary, 1949-

Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.

Descriptionviii, 294 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:What is madness? -- The experience of madness -- Distracted in the colonies -- Asylums -- Asylum patients -- Asylum therapeutics.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.

Note:"This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is applied to some types of people; and by whom the label and its consequences are applied"--Provided by publisher.

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