Madness, magic, and medicine: The treatment and mistreatment of the mentally ill

by Elinor Lander Horwitz

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Discusses the treatment of the mentally ill through the ages.

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Elinor Lander Horwitz

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YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 1977)

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Genres: Nonfiction, Teen, Sociology
DDC/MDS: 362.2 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Mental illness
LCC: RC338 .H67 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry

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Madness, magic, and medicine: The treatment and mistreatment of the mentally ill

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