Voices of mental health : medicine, politics, and American culture, 1970-2000 / Martin Halliwell.

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

xiii, 320 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-310) and index.

Health debates at the bicentennial -- Wounds and memories of war -- Addiction and the war on drugs -- Dementia and the language of aging -- Developmental disabilities beyond the empty fortress -- Body image, anorexia, and the mass media -- Disorders of mood and identity -- Mental health at the millennium -- Conclusion : new voices, new communities.