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Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture Anthony Carlton Cooke 1st ed. 2017 edition
Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture
Anthony Carlton Cooke
This book argues that cultural fascination with the “madperson” stems from the contemporaneous increase of chronically mentally ill persons in public life due to deinstitutionalization—the mental health reform movement leading to the closure of many asylums in favor of outpatient care.
191 pages, VII, 191 p.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 24, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319479781 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 191 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 390 g |
| Language | German |