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Amputated Souls : the Psychiatric Assault on Liberty 1935-2011

Author
James, Anthony, 1956-
Published
Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.
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1 online resource (136 pages)
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Contents
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Quote; Note; Introduction: 'Eyeless in Gaza'; Body matter; Chapter One: 'History to the Defeated'; Chapter Two: The Show Takes to the Road; Chapter Three: The Chemical Straitjacket; Chapter Four: Suitable Cases for Study: Psychiatry in Literature and Film; Chapter Five: Informed Consent; Chapter Six: The Situation Today; Chapter Seven: Freedom, Rights and Rape; Back matter; Also available.
Summary
Amputated Souls explores the subject of psychiatry and psychiatric practices and the assault upon human rights and human freedom constituted by these practices, tracing the history of lobotomy, ECT and antipsychotic drugs, and their use, from 1935 to the present day.
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9781845404529 (electronic bk.)
1845404521 (electronic bk.)
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