Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813576787)

This dynamic and richly layered account of mental health in the late twentieth century interweaves three important stories: the rising political prominence of mental health in the United States since 1970; the shifting medical diagnostics of mental health at a time when health activists, advocacy groups, and public figures were all speaking out about the needs and rights of patients; and the concept of voice in literature, film, memoir, journalism, and medical case study that connects the health experiences of individuals to shared stories.

Together, these three dimensions bring into conversation a diverse cast of late-century writers, filmmakers, actors, physicians, politicians, policy-makers, and social critics. In doing so, Martin Halliwell's Voices of Mental Health breaks new ground in deepening our understanding of the place, politics, and trajectory of mental health from the moon landing to the millennium.


Author: Martin Halliwell
ISBN-10: 0813576784
ISBN-13: 9780813576787
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2017
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.40w x 1.06d