Bibliograph

Quite mad, an American pharma memoir, Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Type

Label

Quite mad, an American pharma memoir, Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Quite mad

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1026296058

Responsibility statement

Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Series statement

Machete

Sub title

an American pharma memoir

Summary

"Blends memoir with literary journalism to examine America's history of mental illness treatments to challenge contemporary narratives about mental health, questioning what it means to be a woman with highly stigmatized disorders and asking why mental illness continues to escalate in the United States despite so many 'cures'"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The influence of intervention -- The sick role -- Nature or nurture -- An American diagnosis -- Patient history -- My voice for their drugs -- A female malady -- Learned behavior -- The world we've made for women -- Editing -- Molecular myths -- Bitter pills -- Rebuffed -- Delicates -- Unbearable weight -- Rapture in may -- Occam's razor -- Compulsion -- Moral treatment -- Taking up space -- Turning around -- Is satisfied enough?

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