Screen LibraryWhat's wrong with the poor? : psychiatry, race, and the war on poverty /
"In the 1960s, policymakers and mental health experts joined forces to participate in President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. In her insightful interdisciplinary history, physician and historian Mical Raz examines the interplay between psychiatric theory and social policy throughout tha...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"In the 1960s, policymakers and mental health experts joined forces to participate in President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. In her insightful interdisciplinary history, physician and historian Mical Raz examines the interplay between psychiatric theory and social policy throughout that decade, ending with President Richard Nixon's 1971 veto of a bill that would have provided universal day care. She shows that this cooperation between mental health professionals and policymakers was based on an understanding of what poor men, women, and children lacked. This perception was rooted in psyc |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-222) and index. |
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9781469608877 (hc.) : 1469608871 (hc.) |
| Index Number: | HV95 |
| CLC: | D771.27 |
| Call Number: | D771.27/R278 |
| Contents: | A mother's touch?: from deprivation to day care -- Cultural deprivation? : race, deprivation, and the nature-nurture debate -- Targeting deprivation: early enrichment and community action -- Deprivation and intellectual disability: from "mild mental retardation" to resegregation -- Environmental psychology and the race riots. |