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060 00 $a2008 H-943
060 10 $aWM 33 AA1$bT694i 2008
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aTorrey, E. Fuller$q(Edwin Fuller),$d1937-
245 14 $aThe insanity offense :$bhow America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens /$cE. Fuller Torrey.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$c©2008.
300 $axvi, 265 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index.
520 $aBeginning 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.
505 0 $aIntroduction : the origins of a disaster -- Death by the roadside -- Thirteen murders to prevent an earthquake -- "The odds are still in society's favor" -- The killing of three devils -- The sad legacy of Ms. Lessard -- God does not take medication -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties : homeless, incarcerated, and victimized -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties : violent and homicidal -- An imperative for change -- Fixing the system -- Coda : death by the roadside.
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650 0 $aMentally ill$xDeinstitutionalization$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMentally ill$xCommitment and detention$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDangerously mentally ill$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMental health laws$zUnited States.
650 12 $aCommitment of Mentally Ill.
650 22 $aDeinstitutionalization.
650 22 $aMental Health Services$xorganization & administration.
650 22 $aDangerous Behavior.
650 22 $aMentally Ill Persons.
651 2 $aUnited States.
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651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 7 $aEntinstitutionalisierung.$2idszbz
650 7 $aEvaluation.$2idszbz
650 7 $aGesundheitspolitik.$2idszbz
650 7 $aPsychisch Kranker.$2idszbz
650 7 $aPsychosoziale Versorgung.$2idszbz
650 7 $aReform.$2idszbz
650 7 $aGesellschaft.$2idszbz
651 7 $aUSA.$2idszbz
650 7 $aEntinstitutionalisierung$2gnd
650 7 $aGesundheitspolitik$2gnd
650 7 $aPsychische Störung$2gnd
650 7 $aKriminalität$2gnd
650 7 $aStationäre psychiatrische Versorgung$2gnd
651 7 $aUSA.$2swd
650 7 $aMental health services$zUnited States$xEvaluation.$2sears
650 7 $aMentally ill$zUnited States.$2sears
650 7 $aDangerously mentally ill.$2sears
650 7 $aMental health$xLaw and legislation.$2sears
655 4 $aNonfiction.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002697.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002697.html
856 42 $uhttp://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780393066586$zAdditional Information at Google Books
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