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Author Hornstein, Gail A., 1951-

Title Agnes's jacket : a psychologist's search for the meanings of madness / Gail A. Hornstein.

Publication Info. New York : Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.89 H784    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-303) and index.
Contents The voice hearer -- Beyond belief -- The network -- Mavericks in Maastricht -- Who's crazy now? -- Freedom Center -- Prisoner abuse -- He might be Houdini -- Field notes -- Peter, who comes from Jesus -- Philosophy of a lunatic -- Whitsbury House -- Experts by experience -- Secrets and hostages -- Train tracks -- Free speech -- Trauma and testimony -- Displaced persons -- The mental market -- Hunger strikers -- The late quartets -- Hidden in plain sight -- Visions wrapped in riddles -- Written on the body -- The wound does the healing -- Finding what works and what doesn't.
Subject Mentally ill -- Institutional care.
Mental illness -- Alternative treatment.
Mental illness -- Philosophy.
Psychiatry.
Mentally Ill Persons -- psychology.
Attitude of Health Personnel.
Attitude to Health.
Mental Disorders.
Psychiatry.
Survivors -- psychology.
ISBN 9781594865442 hardcover
1594865442 hardcover
Standard No. 40016565200
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