American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox

by Richard Noll

Book Overview

In 1895 not a single case of dementia praecox was reported in the United States. By 1912 tens of thousands of people with this diagnosis were locked up in asylums, hospitals, and jails. By 1927 it was fading away. This book explains how such a terrible disease could be discovered, affect so many lives, and then turn out to be something else.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674047397
• ISBN13: 9780674047396
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"