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- 2008002697 abstract "Beginning in the 1960s in the United States, scores of patients with severe psychiatric disorders were discharged from public mental hospitals. At the same time, activists forced changes in commitment laws that made it impossible to treat half of the patients that left the hospital. The combined effect was profoundly destructive. Today, among homeless persons, at least one-third are severely mentally ill; among the incarcerated, at least one-tenth. Of those individuals living in our communities, many are the victims of violent crime. Other untreated individuals commit crimes, including murder and assault. Here, advocate Torrey takes full stock of this phenomenon, exploring the causes and consequences as he weaves together narratives of individual tragedies in three states with sobering national data on our failure to treat the mentally ill. In the book's final chapters, Torrey outlines what needs to be done to reverse this ongoing--and accelerating--disaster.--From publisher description.".
- 2008002697 contributor B11074012.
- 2008002697 created "c2008.".
- 2008002697 date "2008".
- 2008002697 date "c2008.".
- 2008002697 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2008002697 description "Beginning in the 1960s in the United States, scores of patients with severe psychiatric disorders were discharged from public mental hospitals. At the same time, activists forced changes in commitment laws that made it impossible to treat half of the patients that left the hospital. The combined effect was profoundly destructive. Today, among homeless persons, at least one-third are severely mentally ill; among the incarcerated, at least one-tenth. Of those individuals living in our communities, many are the victims of violent crime. Other untreated individuals commit crimes, including murder and assault. Here, advocate Torrey takes full stock of this phenomenon, exploring the causes and consequences as he weaves together narratives of individual tragedies in three states with sobering national data on our failure to treat the mentally ill. In the book's final chapters, Torrey outlines what needs to be done to reverse this ongoing--and accelerating--disaster.--From publisher description.".
- 2008002697 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-250) and index.".
- 2008002697 extent "xvi, 265 p. :".
- 2008002697 identifier "0393066584 (hardcover)".
- 2008002697 identifier "9780393066586 (hardcover)".
- 2008002697 identifier 2008002697.html.
- 2008002697 issued "2008".
- 2008002697 issued "c2008.".
- 2008002697 language "eng".
- 2008002697 publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- 2008002697 spatial "United States".
- 2008002697 spatial "United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "2008 H-943".
- 2008002697 subject "362.196/89 22".
- 2008002697 subject "Commitment of Mentally Ill United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Dangerous Behavior United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Dangerously mentally ill United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Deinstitutionalization United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mental Health Services organization & administration United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mental health laws United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mental health services United States Evaluation.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mentally Ill Persons United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mentally ill Commitment and detention United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "Mentally ill Deinstitutionalization United States.".
- 2008002697 subject "RC443 .T67 2008".
- 2008002697 subject "WM 33 AA1 T694i 2008".
- 2008002697 title "The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens / E. Fuller Torrey.".
- 2008002697 type "text".