The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present - Hardcover

Torrey, E. Fuller; Miller, Judy

 
9780813530031: The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813530032 ISBN 13: 9780813530031
Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 2002

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The prevalence of insanity, which was once considerably less than one case per 1,000 total population, has risen beyond five cases in 1,000. Why has mental illness reached epidemic proportions? What are the causes of severe mental illness? Why do we continue to deny the rising numbers, and how does this denial affect our ability to help those who are afflicted?

In The Invisible Plague, E. Fuller Torrey and Judy Miller examine the records on insanity in England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States over a 250-year period, concluding, through both qualitative and quantitative evidence, that disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar illness are an unrecognized, modern-day plague. This book is a unique and major contribution to medical history. Until now, insanity, and its apparent rise over the centuries, has been interpreted as a socially and economically driven phenomenon. Torrey and Miller insist upon the biological reality of psychiatric disease and examine the reasons why its contemporary prevalence has been so profoundly misunderstood.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. is a research psychiatrist and executive director of the Stanley Foundation. He has published sixteen books including Surviving Schizophrenia and The Roots of Treason, nominated by the National Book Critics Circle as one of 1983's best five biographies. Judy Miller is a senior research assistant working with Torrey.

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Verlag
Rutgers University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0813530032
ISBN 13 
9780813530031
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Anzahl der Seiten
416
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