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000350738 1001_ $$aDowbiggin, Ian Robert,$$d1952-
000350738 24514 $$aThe quest for mental health :$$ba tale of science, medicine, scandal, sorrow, and mass society /$$cIan Dowbiggin.
000350738 260__ $$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2011.
000350738 300__ $$ax, 248 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000350738 4900_ $$aCambridge essential histories
000350738 500__ $$aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. A new egalitarianism; 3. Bricks and mortar humanity; 4. Mental hygiene; 5. A bottomless pit; 6. Emotional welfare.
000350738 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000350738 520__ $$a"This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, millions around the world have been tranquilized, institutionalized, psycho-analyzed, sterilized, lobotomized and even euthanized. Yet at the dawn of the new millennium, reported rates of depression and anxiety are unprecedentedly high. Drawing on years of field research, Ian Dowbiggin argues that if the quest for emotional well-being has reached a crisis point in the twenty-first century, it is because mass society is enveloped by cultures of therapism and consumerism, which increasingly advocate bureaucratic and managerial approaches to health and welfare"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000350738 650_0 $$aMental health.
000350738 650_0 $$aPersonality.
000350738 650_0 $$aEmotions.
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