American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System

by E. Fuller Torrey

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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as "deinstitutionalization," continues to impact mental health care. Though he never publicly acknowledged it, the program was...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199988714

ISBN13:9780199988716

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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