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050	0	0	_aRA790 _b.D69 2011
082	0	0	_a362.19689 _222
100	1		_aDowbiggin, Ian Robert, _d1952-
245	1	4	_aThe quest for mental health : _ba tale of science, medicine, scandal, sorrow, and mass society / _cIan Dowbiggin.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _cc2011.
300			_ax, 248 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge essential histories
500			_aFormerly CIP. _5Uk
500			_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. A new egalitarianism; 3. Bricks and mortar humanity; 4. Mental hygiene; 5. A bottomless pit; 6. Emotional welfare.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aMental health.
650		0	_aPersonality.
650		0	_aEmotions.
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