American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox by Richard Noll

American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox

Richard Noll

395 pages hardcover 2011

2 editions

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1895 there was not a single case of dementia praecox reported in the United States. By 1912 there were tens of thousands of people with this diagnosis locked up in asylums, hospitals, and jails. By 1927 it was fading away . How could such a ter...

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