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02850aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 73B0C4B80AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130822010304 008 111031s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0393341372 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780393341379 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)760290564 040 $a UKMGB $c UKMGB $d QBX $d BDX $d ORU $d YDXCP $d SILO 050 4 $a RC443 $b .T67 2012 082 04 $a 362.19689 $2 23 100 1 $a Torrey, E. Fuller $q (Edwin Fuller), $d 1937- 245 14 $a The insanity offense : $b how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens / $c by E. Fuller Torrey. 260 $a New York ; $b W.W. Norton, $c 2012. 300 $a xvi, 284 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- Epilogue : tragedy in Tucson. 520 $a "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. 650 0 $a Mental health services $z United States $x Evaluation. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $x Deinstitutionalization $z United States. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $x Commitment and detention $z United States. 650 0 $a Dangerously mentally ill $z United States. 650 0 $a Mental health laws $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204065053.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110051016.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=73B0C4B80AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search