Psychotropic drugs and popular culture : essays on medicine, mental health and the media /
"The authors in this compilation of essays contend that society has been transformed into an asylum without walls--a 'psychotropia.' With each new definition of a mental ailment a new cure is offered, increasing the number of inmates in this asylum and blurring the lines between menta...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland,
[2006]
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| Summary: | "The authors in this compilation of essays contend that society has been transformed into an asylum without walls--a 'psychotropia.' With each new definition of a mental ailment a new cure is offered, increasing the number of inmates in this asylum and blurring the lines between mental health and mental illness"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 217 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 078642513X (softcover : alk. paper) |