American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780674047396)

In 1895 not a single case of dementia praecox was reported in the United States. By 1912 tens of thousands of people with this diagnosis were locked up in asylums, hospitals, and jails. By 1927 it was fading away. This book explains how such a terrible disease could be discovered, affect so many lives, and then turn out to be something else.

Author: Richard Noll
ISBN-10: 0674047397
ISBN-13: 9780674047396
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2011
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.46w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2012