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01780adm a2200313 4500 001 1740920CD7A011E5860696B9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160220010320 008 130128s2012|||||||||u||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1477667539 020 $a 9781477667538 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Cramer, Clayton E. 245 10 $a My brother Ron : : $b a personal and social history of the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill / $c by [Clayton E. Cramer]. 264 1 $a [Charlesston, SC] : $b [CreateSpace], $c 2012. 300 $a viii, 246 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-246). 520 8 $a "America started a grand experiment in the 1960s: deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill. The consequences were very destructive: homelessness; a degradation of urban life; increases in violent crime rates; increasing death rates for the mentally ill. ... [This book] tells the story of deinstitutionalization from two points of view: what happened to the author's older brother, part of the first generation of those who became mentally ill after deinstitutionalization, and a detailed history of how and why America went down this path"--P. [4] of cover. 541 $d 20130128. 600 10 $a Cramer, Clayton E $x Family. 650 0 $a Mental health services $z United States. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $x Care $z United States. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $z United States $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mental health laws $z United States. 650 0 $a Mental health policy $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523011612.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1740920CD7A011E5860696B9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search