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The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens, E. Fuller Torrey

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 265 pages
Contents
  • Introduction : 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
Isbn
9780393066586
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002697.html
Instance
Label
The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens
Title
The insanity offense
Title remainder
how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens
Statement of responsibility
E. Fuller Torrey
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
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DNLM/DLC
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1937-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Torrey, E. Fuller
Dewey number
362.196/89
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
RC443
LC item number
.T67 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2008 H-943
  • WM 33 AA1
NLM item number
T694i 2008
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  • Mental health services
  • Mentally ill
  • Mentally ill
  • Dangerously mentally ill
  • Mental health laws
  • Commitment of Mentally Ill
  • Deinstitutionalization
  • Mental Health Services
  • Dangerous Behavior
  • Mentally Ill Persons
  • United States
  • Dangerously mentally ill
  • Mental health laws
  • Mental health services
  • Mentally ill
  • Mentally ill
  • United States
  • Entinstitutionalisierung
  • Evaluation
  • Gesundheitspolitik
  • Psychisch Kranker
  • Psychosoziale Versorgung
  • Reform
  • Gesellschaft
  • USA
  • Entinstitutionalisierung
  • Gesundheitspolitik
  • Psychische Störung
  • Kriminalität
  • Stationäre psychiatrische Versorgung
  • USA
  • Mental health services
  • Mentally ill
  • Dangerously mentally ill
  • Mental health
Label
The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens, E. Fuller Torrey
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002697.html
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : 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
Control code
ocn181139537
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 265 pages
Isbn
9780393066586
Lccn
2008002697
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o181139537
  • (OCoLC)181139537
Label
The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens, E. Fuller Torrey
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002697.html
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : 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
Control code
ocn181139537
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 265 pages
Isbn
9780393066586
Lccn
2008002697
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o181139537
  • (OCoLC)181139537

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