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UNINA9910823718203321 |
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Autore |
Dowbiggin Ian Robert <1952-> |
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Titolo |
The quest for mental health : a tale of science, medicine, scandal, sorrow, and mass society / / Ian Dowbiggin [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-139-08854-8 |
1-107-21866-7 |
1-283-19326-4 |
9786613193261 |
1-139-09226-X |
0-511-99341-2 |
1-139-09175-1 |
1-139-08995-1 |
1-139-09277-4 |
1-139-09085-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge essential histories |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mental health |
Personality |
Emotions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. A new egalitarianism; 3. Bricks and mortar humanity; 4. Mental hygiene; 5. A bottomless pit; 6. Emotional welfare. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, millions around the world have been tranquilized, institutionalized, psycho-analyzed, sterilized, lobotomized and even euthanized. Yet at the dawn of the new millennium, reported rates of depression and anxiety are unprecedentedly high. Drawing on years of |
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