Moral panics, mental illness stigma, and the deinstitutionalization movement in american popular culture
Auteur :
Cooke, Anthony Carlton
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319838724
Date de publication :
23 août 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
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.