2 Disposing of Degenerates

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART ONE. THE ASYLUM ERA
5. 1 Mausoleums of the Mad 1
6. 2 Disposing of Degenerates 14
7. 3 Psychobiology 38
8. 4 Freud Visits America 56
9. 5 The Germ of Madness 72
10. 6 Body and Mind 92
11. 7 Shocking the Brain 110
12. 8 The Checkered Career of Electroconvulsive Therapy 118
13. 9 Brain Surgery 135
14. 10 Selling Psychosurgery 153
15. 11 The End of the Affair 172
16. PART TWO. DISTURBED MINDS
17. 12 Creating a New Psychiatry 191
18. 13 Talk Therapy 203
19. 14 War 218
20. 15 Professional Transformations 228
21. 16 A Fragile Hegemony 248
22. PART THREE. A PSYCHIATRIC REVOLUTION
23. 17 The Birth of Psychopharmacology 269
24. 18 Community Care 286
25. 19 Diagnosing Mental Illness 299
26. 20 The Complexities of Psychopharmacology 321
27. 21 Genetics, Neuroscience, and Mental Illness 339
28. 22 The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry 357
29. Epilogue: Does Psychiatry Have a Future? 379
30. Notes 389
31. Acknowledgments 476
32. Index 480