Therapeutic Revolutions examines the evolving relationship between American medicine, psychiatry, and culture from World War II to the dawn of the 1970s. In this richly layered intellectual history, Martin Halliwell ranges from national politics, public reports, and health care debates to the ways in which film, literature, and the mass media provided cultural channels for shaping and challenging preconceptions about health and illness.

Introduction: The Therapeutic Revolutions of Postwar America 

Part One   Fragmentation: 1945– 1953
   1 Going Home: World War II and Demobilization

   2 In the Noir Mirror: Neurosis, Aggression, and Disguise 

   3 Ground Zero: Science, Medicine, and the Cold War

Part Two   Organization: 1953–1961 

   4 Organization Men: Individualism Versus Incorporation

   5 In the Family Circle: The Suburban Medicine Cabinet

   6 Outside the Circle: Growing Pains, Delinquency, and Sexuality

Part Three   Reorganization: 1961–1970 

   7 Institutions of Care and Oppression: Another America Speaks 

   8 The Human Face of Therapy: Humanistic and Existential Trends 

   9 Counterculture: Dissent, Drugs, and Holistic Communities 

Conclusion: Beyond the Two Cultures?