The mad among us : a history of the care of America's mentally ill - Grob, Gerald N., 1931-2015. (New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994)
Caring for the insane in Colonial America -- Inventing the asylum -- The emergence of American psychiatry -- Realities of asylum life -- The problem of chronic mental illnesses, 1860-1940 -- A new psychiatry -- Depression, war, and the crisis of care -- World War II and the new models of mental illnesses -- The foundations of change in postwar America -- The new frontier and the promise of community mental health -- Confronting the mad among us in contemporary America.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-368) and index.
Keywords: Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History; Psychiatry -- United States -- History; Mentally ill -- United States -- Public opinion; Mentally disordered persons -- Care -- History; United States; Psychisch gestoorden