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Author:

Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-

Title:

Out of the shadows : confronting America's mental illness crisis / E. Fuller Torrey.

Publisher:

John Wiley,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mental health policy--United States.
Mentally ill--Care--United States.
Mentally ill--Deinstitutionalization--United States.
Mental health laws--United States.
Mentally ill--United States--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-235) and index.

Contents:

People in the shadows: The many faces of mental illness -- Nowhere to go: Homelessness and mental illness -- Jails and prisons -- Walking time bombs: Violence and the mentally ill -- Psychiatric ghettos: Communities and families -- Looking backward: Where we have been -- New initiatives in funding -- From legal folly to common sense: The right to get well -- From the Woody Allen syndrome to brain disease -- Looking forward: Where we should be going -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

ISBN:

9780471245322 (pbk.)
0471245321 (pbk.)
9780471161615 (acid-free paper)
0471161616 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

96007716

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston) — RA790.6 .T673 1997

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)