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Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today Enoch Callaway
Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today
Enoch Callaway
Callaway argues that this history offers lessons about the treatment—and options for better treatment—of the mentally ill in society today. Throughout the text, the author weaves in comparisons to books and movies about the mentally ill and the facilities that have housed them.
210 pages, 7 illustrations (b&w)
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780275997045 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 160 × 21 mm · 489 g |
| Language | English |