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Author:

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

Title:

American psychosis : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / E. Fuller Torrey, MD.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Mentally ill--History.--United States--History.
Mentally ill--Services for--United States.
Mental health policy--United States.
Mental health services--United States--Evaluation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Joe Kennedy: a man with problems -- Robert Felix: a man with plans -- The birth of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1960-1963 -- The short, unhappy life of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1964-1970 -- The death of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1971-1980 -- The perfect storm: 1981-1999 -- Dimensions of the current disaster: 2000-2013 -- Solutions: what have we learned and what should we do?

ISBN:

0199988714 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199988716 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2013017565

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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