Moral Panics, Mental Illness Stigma, and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in American Popular Culture

Anthony Carlton Cooke

Springer International Publishing AG, 2017

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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.

ISBN-13
9783319479781
ISBN-10
3319479784
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Year
2017
Publication date
2017-10-24
Pages
191
Dimensions
210x148x