Bibliograph

No one cares about crazy people, the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America, Ron Powers

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No one cares about crazy people, the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America, Ron Powers

Language

eng

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Main title

No one cares about crazy people

Medium

compact disc

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Oclc number

981528627

Responsibility statement

Ron Powers

Sub title

the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America

Summary

New York Times best selling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia

Table Of Contents

Membrane -- What is schizophrenia? -- Regulars -- Bedlam, before and beyond -- Eugenics: weeding out the mad -- "A more normal world" -- "When they were young" -- Madness and genius -- "If only, if only, if only . . ." -- Chaos and heartbreak -- The great unraveler -- Surcease -- Debacle -- "Hey fam -- " -- Antipsychotics -- "Something unexplainable" -- We have done pitifully little about mental illness" -- "Primoshadino" -- Red Sox 17, Yankees 1 -- Insanity and Icarus -- Someone cares about crazy people

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