TY  - GEN
AU  -  Torrey, E. Fuller
ED  -  American Council of Learned Societies.
TI  -  The invisible plague: the rise of menta l illness from 1750 to the present 
PY  - 2003///, c2001
CY  -  Piscataway, N.J.
PB  -  Rutgers University Press
KW  -  Psychiatric epidemiology
KW  -  Mental illness
KW  -  History
KW  -  18th century
KW  -  19th century
KW  -  20th century
N1  -  Cover title; description based on screen of 2003-08-20;  "This electronic book contains the following additional features not found in the print version: Interactive links to informational resourc es on the Web"--Copyright and Permissions;  Includes bibliographical references and index;  1;  Introduction: why is the epidemic important? --;  2. The;  b irth of bedlam: insanity prior to 1700 --;  3. The;  "English malady" appears: England, 1700-1800 --;  4. "The;  clap of tortured hands": England, 1800-1850 --;  5. "A;  mania for madness": England, 1850-189 0 --;  6. "A;  great and progressive evil": England, 1890-1990 --;  7. The;  road to Grangegorman: Ireland, 1700-1990 --;  8. "A;  const antly increasing multitude": Atlantic Canada, 1700-1990 --;  9. "The;  disease whose frequency has become alarming": the United States, 17 00-1840 --;  10. An;  apostle for asylums: the United States, 1840-18 60 --;  11. "A;  very startling increase": the United States, 1860-18 90 --;  12. "The;  apocalyptic beast": the United States, 1890-1990 - -;  13;  Why is the epidemic forgotten? --;  14;  Possible causes of epidemic insanity;  Electronic text and image data;  Transcribed from: The;  invisible plague : the rise of mental illne ss from 1750 to the present;  New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers Universit y Press, c2001;  xiv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm;  0813530032;  0 520241207
UR  -  http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.90002
ER  -