Worlds of the Mentally Ill: How Deinstitutionalization Works in the City

by Hendrik Wagenaar, Stephanie Riger, Helen Rosenberg, et al.

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Lewis offers a radically different perspective on care of the mentally ill now that these patients are no longer isolated from society.

This book is based on a series of interviews conducted with 313 Chicago area patients released from four different state hospitals. Rather than rely on retrospective data-gathering on patients at intake, Lewis began at the time of release, tracking the patients for 12 months during which they were interviewed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0809314770

ISBN13:9780809314775

Release Date:December 1990

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.23 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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