Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally ILL - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Isaac, Rael Jean and Virginia C. Armat
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0029153808
- ISBN 13
- 9780029153802
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New York, Toronto, ET AL: The Free Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0029153808 . A Fine first edition/first printing housed in a dust-jacket that bears general scuffing, in otherwise Near Fine condition; Madness in the Streets tells the tragic story of the psychiatric system's abandonment of the mentally ill, as well as its devastating consequences. The book exposes the ways that psychiatry and the law have collaborated to deprive patients of their civil rights and to incarcerate them in institutions where they are subjected to inhumane treatment. Drawing on groundbreaking research, Madness in the Streets provides a shocking indictment of psychiatry's destructive practices and calls for a more humane and compassionate treatment of the mentally ill.; 8vo; 436 pages .
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- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
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- 55282
- Title
- Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally ILL - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Isaac, Rael Jean and Virginia C. Armat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0029153808
- ISBN 13
- 9780029153802
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto, ET AL
- Date Published
- 1990
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