The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens
Download or Read eBook The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens PDF written by E. Fuller Torrey and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : E. Fuller Torrey |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-01-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393341379 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393341372 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens by : E. Fuller Torrey
Book excerpt: Outlines the down side of deinstitutionalization, tracing how steps taken in the 1960s caused patients with severe psychiatric disorders to be discharged from hospitals and rendered untreatable, in an account that makes recommendations for reform.