Voices of Mental Health : : Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 / / Martin Halliwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Halliwell, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.) :; 19 photographs

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One. The Health Legacy of the 1970s -- 1. Health Debates at the Bicentennial -- 2. Wounds and Memories of War -- 3. Addiction and the War on Drugs -- 4. Dementia and the Language of Aging -- Part Two. Health Voices of the 1980s and 1990s -- 5. Developmental Disabilities beyond the Empty Fortress -- 6. Body Image, Anorexia, and the Mass Media -- 7. Disorders of Mood and Identity -- 8. Mental Health at the Millennium -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author