Snake Pits, Talking Cures, & Magic Bullets: A History of Mental Illness

by Deborah Kent

Book Overview

Looks at how the mentally ill have been treated throughout history, focusing on advances made in the 19th and 20th centuries regarding mental hospitals, medications, and social acceptance. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761327045
• ISBN13: 9780761327042
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12