The Quest for Mental Health

The Quest for Mental Health
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781139498685
ISBN-13 : 1139498681
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Book Synopsis The Quest for Mental Health by : Ian Dowbiggin

Download or read book The Quest for Mental Health written by Ian Dowbiggin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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