American Madness The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox |
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| Author:
| Noll, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-04739-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $61.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.