Mad in America by Whitaker, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Praise Title Page Dedication Epigraph PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION Acknowledgements PART ONE - THE ORIGINAL BEDLAM

1 - BEDLAM IN MEDICINE

They Are Brutes, Aren’t They? Merchants of Madness Psychiatry in America

2 - THE HEALING HAND OF KINDNESS

Lunacy Reform in Europe Moral Treatment in America Medicine’s Grab of Moral Treatment Moral Treatment at Its Best Moral Treatment’s Downfall

PART TWO - THE DARKEST ERA

3 - UNFIT TO BREED

The Rise of Eugenics Eugenics in America Mendelian Madness The Selling of Eugenics First Detention, Then Sterilization A Humanitarian Therapy The Killing Fields America’s Concentration Camps

4 - TOO MUCH INTELLIGENCE

A Bounty of Remedies The Rise of Shock Therapies The Elixir of Life The Benefits of Amnesia No Consent Necessary

5 - BRAIN DAMAGE AS MIRACLE THERAPY

Inspiration . . . Or a Clear Warning? Planting the Seed Surgery of the Soul The Stamp of Approval The Untold Story The Influence of Money A Minor Surgery A Eugenic Solution

PART THREE - BACK TO BEDLAM

6 - MODERN-DAY ALCHEMY

First Impressions Spinning Dross into Gold The Delusion Is Complete

7 - THE PATIENTS’ REALITY

Grist for the Madness Mill The Patient’s Point of View A Pathology Defined

8 - THE STORY WE TOLD OURSELVES

A Tale of Biology They Do Prevent Relapse, Don’t They? See No Evil Only in America

9 - SHAME OF A NATION

A Matter of Perspective The Defeat of Moral Treatment Better Off in Nigeria

10 - THE NUREMBERG CODE DOESN’T APPLY HERE

First Mescaline, Then Lobotomy The Dopamine Revival Without Consent “I’ll Never Be the Same”

PART FOUR - MAD MEDICINE TO DAY

11 - NOT SO ATYPICAL

Recasting the Old “Breakthrough” Treatments The Business of Clinical Research Eye on the Castle Swept Under the Rug Heart of Darkness Play It Again, Sam A State of Confusion

EPILOGUE AFTERWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION NOTES INDEX Copyright Page