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04232cam a22007334a 4500 001 AD0E2CA66BF311DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 080118s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008002697 020 $a 0393066584 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780393066586 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)181139537 040 $a DNLM/DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d C#P $d BUR $d VP@ $d LMR $d IG# $d SMP $d TSU $d IOE $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a RC443 $b .T67 2008 060 00 $a 2008 H-943 060 10 $a WM 33 AA1 $b T694i 2008 082 00 $a 362.196/89 $2 22 100 1 $a Torrey, E. Fuller $q (Edwin Fuller), $d 1937- 245 1 $a The insanity offense : $b how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens / $c E. Fuller Torrey. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton, $c c2008. 300 $a xvi, 265 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-250) and index. 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. 505 0 $a 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 -- Death by the roadside. 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. 650 12 $a Commitment of Mentally Ill $z United States. 650 22 $a Dangerous Behavior $z United States. 650 22 $a Deinstitutionalization $z United States. 650 22 $a Mental Health Services $x organization & administration $z United States. 650 22 $a Mentally Ill Persons $z United States. 941 $a 23 952 $l UVAX975 $d 20240215013036.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214040612.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718084721.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722022813.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508014618.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091537.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006043759.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720032514.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127050238.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418064253.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824061524.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415020649.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20130802011111.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20100405105406.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l N3AX771 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l N5UX522 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AD0E2CA66BF311DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search