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The invisible plague: the rise of mental illness from 1750 to the present
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. and Judy Miller
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Cover
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[Frontispiece]
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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List of Illustrations
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[Dedication]
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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[Epigraph]
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Chapter 1 Introduction Why Is the Epidemic Important?
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Chapter 2 The Birth of Bedlam Insanity Prior to 1700
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[Intro]
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"God's Minstrels"
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"There the Men Are as Mad as He"
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"A Rare Diversion"
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Richard Napier of Buckinghamshire
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Chapter 3 The "English Malady" Appears England 1700-1800
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[Intro]
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"No Cure—No Money"
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"Moody Madness Laughing Wild"
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"The Uncertain Continuance of Reason"
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"The Hideous Malady Which So Amazingly Prevails"
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The King Is Mad, Long Live the King
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Chapter 4 "The Clap of Tortured Hands" England 1800-1850
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[Intro]
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Insanity and the Romantic Writers
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Insanity "Is Not an Increasing Malady"
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A Madman's Manuscript
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The Madness of Mrs. Rochester
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Chapter 5 "A Mania for Madness" England, 1850-1890
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[Intro]
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The Psychiatric Establishment
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"A Mania for Madness"
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The Mad Hatter as Snark
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"Bluebeard's Cupboard"
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The Causes of Insanity
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Chapter 6 "A Great and Progressive Evil" England, 1890-1990
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[Intro]
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The 1897 Special Report on the Alleged Increase of Insanity
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A Temporary Solution
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The Effects of War and Influenza
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After World War II
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Chapter 7 The Road to Grangegorman Ireland, 1700-1990
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[Intro]
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"Melancholy Spectacles of Humanity"
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The Famine and Its Aftermath
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Increasing Numbers, Dead or Alive
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"This Vast Brooding Evil"
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Accumulation and Emigration
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Insanity in Politics and Literature
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Twentieth-Century Ireland
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The Rediscovery of the Insanity Problem
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Chapter 8 "A Constantly Increasing Multitude" Atlantic Canada, 1700-1990
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[Intro]
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New Brunswick
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Rising Numbers
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Prince Edward Island
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Newfoundland
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"Apparently on the Increase"
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Nova Scotia
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"This Fearful Affliction"
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"This Dread Malady Is Rapid Growing"
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Chapter 9 "The Disease Whose Frequency Has Become Alarming" The United States, 1700-1840
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[Intro]
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Hospitals for the Insane
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"The Father of the American Novel"
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Increasing Concern
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The Contrast between North and South
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"The Madman Roams Far and Wide"
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Chapter 10 An Apostle for Asylums The United States, 1840-1860
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[Intro]
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"Raise Up the Fallen"
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Dr. Cure-Awl
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Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
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"The Price Which We Pay for Civilization"
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Immigrants and Poverty
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Chapter 11 "A Very Startling Increase" The United States, 1860-1890
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[Intro]
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"The Craziest People in the World"
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"Could It Be Madness?"
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An Angry Woman and a Psychiatric Judas
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Barbarians at the Psychiatric Gates
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The 1880 and 1890 Censuses
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Chapter 12 "The Apocalyptic Beast" The United States, 1890-1990
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[Intro]
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The Appeal of Eugenics
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Preventing Insanity
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"The Versatility of Madness"
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The Era of Deinstitutionalization
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Chapter 13 Why Is the Epidemic Forgotten? The Politicalization of Insanity
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[Intro]
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The Myth of Mental Illness
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Social Control and Marxist Economics
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Captains of Confinement
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Chapter 14 Possible Causes of Epidemic Insanity
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[Intro]
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The Lumber Room Thesis
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Accumulation and Aged Patients
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Is It Genetic?
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The Industrial Revolution and Urbanization
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The Stockings Model of Insanity
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Appendix A What Is Insanity?
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Appendix B The Baseline Rate of Insanity
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Appendix C Tables of Insanity Rates
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Notes
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Preface
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1. Introduction
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2. The Birth of Bedlam
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3. The "English Malady" Appears
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4. "The Clap of Tortured Hands"
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5. "A Mania for Madness"
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6. "A Great and Progressive Evil"
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7. The Road to Grangegorman
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8. "A Constantly Increasing Multitude"
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9. "The Disease Whose Frequency Has Become Alarming"
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10. An Apostle for Asylums
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11. "A Very Startling Increase"
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12. "The Apocalyptic Beast"
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13. Why Is the Epidemic Forgotten?
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14. Possible Causes of Epidemic Insanity
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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Appendix C
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Selected References
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Books, Papers, and Theses
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Additional Websites of General Interest
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Index
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About the Authors
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JHMAS | 59.3 (2004): 479-481 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_medicine_and_allied_sciences/v059/59.3kushner.html |
BHM | 78.3 (2004): 732-734 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine/v078/78.3wright.html |
HEB Id | Title | Authors | Publication Information |
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heb02206.0001.001 | Insanity and the Insane in Post-Famine Ireland. | Finnane, Mark. | London: Croom Helm, 1981. |
heb02208.0001.001 | Schizophrenia and Civilization. | Torrey, E. Fuller. | New York: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1980. |
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Published: 2003
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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