Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum by Mab Segrest

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theskyboi's review against another edition

This book was far too concerned with the individual narratives of patients at the start of the institution, as opposed to discussing the realities of disenfranchised patients closer to our current era. Additionally, there was too much energy spent on explaining the political moves in the Confederacy for my liking; I wanted more of the story of how we got to the end of things, not the geopolitical underpinnings that I'm educated enough to already know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Ableism, Racism, Addiction, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Confinement, and Torture