Making It Crazy: An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community
- ISBN-10
- 0520907752
- ISBN-13
- 9780520907751
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985-06-06
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Sue E. Estroff
Description
Estroff describes a group of chronic psychiatric clients as they attempt life outside a mental hospital.
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- 1985-06-06
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