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Documents more than three centuries of cures for madness, calling into question society's responsibilities to the mentally ill, what it means to be 'insane,' and what Americans value most about the human mind.

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9780738203850 | Perseus Books Group, January 1, 2002, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Documents more than three centuries of cures for madness, calling into question society's responsibilities to the mentally ill, what it means to be 'insane,' and what Americans value most about the human mind.

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9780465020140 | Basic Books, May 25, 2010, cover price $17.99
9780738207995 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, April 16, 2003), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Drawn from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, a compelling social and medical history of mental illness in America documents more than three centuries of 'cures' for madness, calling into question our responibilities to the mad, what it means to be 'insane,' and what we value most about the human mind.

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9780029126950 | Free Pr, April 1, 1994, cover price $24.95

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9781451636338 | Free Pr, January 2, 2011, cover price $24.99
9780674541122 | Reprint edition (Belknap Pr, September 1, 1995), cover price $16.95

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Describing in horrifying detail the conditions she witnessed in jails, prisons, and asylums, a biography of Dorothea Dix documents her crusade to help the impoverished mentally ill by lobbying legislatures and soliciting funds that ultimately created thirty state asylums.

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9780029123997 | Free Pr, June 1, 1995, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Describing in detail the conditions she witnessed in jails, prisons, and asylums, a biography of Dorothy Dix documents her crusade to help the impoverished mentally ill by lobbying legislatures and soliciting funds that ultimately created thirty state asylums

Product Description: The theoretical framework for the Quakers' care of the mentally ill emanated from a dynamic amalgam of theology, philosophy, psychology, and common sense, but the institutional use of moral treatment was an explicit outgrowth of their strong support systems...read more

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9780838633410 | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, February 1, 1990, cover price $38.50 | About this edition: The theoretical framework for the Quakers' care of the mentally ill emanated from a dynamic amalgam of theology, philosophy, psychology, and common sense, but the institutional use of moral treatment was an explicit outgrowth of their strong support systems.

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